Monday, November 30, 2015

Larwyn's Linx: Islam, Jihad, and our Ignorance

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Nation

Islam, Jihad, and our Ignorance: Politically Short
Obama’s Fundamental Transformation of America: The Syrian Scheme: Brenda Walker
Office of Refugee Resettlement threatens governors, says they can’t stop Syrians: RRW

Syrian Refugee Question: What We Should be Asking: Andrew C. McCarthy
Obama Has Done More Damage To Border Security Than Any Recent POTUS: LidBlog
Crazy People are Dangerous: R.S. MCain

GOP donors wrestle with possibility of Trump nomination: Jonathan Swan
Cruz, Rubio line up to steal away Bush supporters: Eli Stokols
Failed Candidate Jeb Bush: Trump not a 'serious candidate': Louis Nelson

Charges in Homicide: Second City Cop
Karl Rove Helping Ben Carson Has Everything to do With Ted Cruz: Erick on the Radio
Cruz Campaign Capitalizes on Carson’s Inexperience: VARight

Economy

Life Rules: Stuart Schneiderman
Puerto Rico Girds for Default: AmInt
How High Corporate Taxes Lost America The World’s Next Biggest Drug Company: Guy Bentley

Scandal Central

Gibson Guitar “Government Series”: Walter Olson
Jihad expert banished from college campus over safety concerns: Robert Spencer
NSA stopped from indiscriminately collecting millions of phone records, but it’s not enough: Ben Woods

Climate & Energy

Climate and Human Civilization over the last 18,000 years: Andy May
IPCC ≠ SCIENCE ↔ IPCC = GOVERNMENT: Wim Rost
Ex-NYC mayor with multiple mansions, jets: ‘Crazies’ like Ted Cruz don’t accept climate change reality: Doug Powers

Media

Shooter was unaffiliated politically; heavy pot smoker who sought B&D, S&M online: John Lott
Graphic promotes the Islamic State’s prolific media machine: Thomas Joscelyn
“You Gotta See This Guy” – Trump’s Lie Exposed: Leon H. Wolf

Obama "Enough is Enough" - Background Checks for Citizens, Not Syrian Refugees: Reid Henrichs
7 Photos From ISIS We Still Owe Them Royalty Payments For: Clickhole
A Ted Cruz moment for me: William A. Jacobson

Confused Hillary Forgets Who Is In The WH: WZ
ESPN says there is too much patriotism in sports: RS
Hoekstra: Obama Thought the ‘Power of His Personality’ Would Change Jihadists’ Behavior: Nicholas Ballasy

World

IRAN: Qods Force’s Qassem Soleimani was allegedly severely injured in Syria.: MFS-TON
Any volunteers for peace talks with ISIS?: Iain Martin
Ted Cruz's Favorite Rabbi: Betsy Woodruff

Tet, Take Two – Islam’s 2016 European Offensive : Matt Bracken
Sweden: 'No Apartments, No Jobs, No Shopping Without a Gun': Ingrid Carlqvist
Economist Concludes Refugees Will Ultimately Cost Germany €900 Billion: Mish

U.S. Refugees and Terrorism – Minneapolis Edition: Treehouse
A Twinge That Could Stop a Catastrophe: Counter Jihad Report
Source: ISIS cut off ears of 70 of its elements in Nineveh: Abdelhak Mamoun

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Will the answer to public cloud be Google?: Robert Stroud
Wal-Mart’s Online Shopping Experience Was Miserable On Thanksgiving: Peter Mondrose
Amazon reveals new delivery drone design with range of 15 miles: Taylor Soper

Cornucopia

Post-Thanksgiving Jedi Moves: MOTUS
Ducka Ducka Ducka: Sondrakistan
Kobe Bryant to retire after this season: ESPN

Image: Obama Thought the ‘Power of His Personality’ Would Change Jihadists’ Behavior
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #GuardianOfTheConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "[Former Rep. Pete] Hoekstra argued that the U.S. has lost Libya and northern Africa, which has fueled the crisis in Syria and Iraq... “We’ve dug a hole deeper rather than making progress,” he said.

Hoekstra criticized President Obama for believing the “power of his personality” would bring peace to the Middle East.

“This president, as he did in Egypt, as he’s done in Iran, as he’s done in Syria, has decided that in America’s best interest he believes he can manage, work with, but most importantly he believed that because of the power of his personality the radical jihadist movement would fundamentally change their view of America and change their behavior,” he said [citing] a quote from Obama in November 2007 during his first run for president.

“I truly believe that the day I’m inaugurated, not only the country looks at itself differently, but the world looks at America differently,” Obama said at the time. “If I’m reaching out to the Muslim world they understand that I’ve lived in a Muslim country and I may be a Christian, but I also understand their point of view.”" --Nicholas Ballasy

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