Trump Fires Back After San Juan Mayor Reverses Course, Suddenly Politicizes Hurricane Response

By Saagar Enjeti

President Donald Trump struck back at the San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Saturday morning after her criticism of the U.S. federal government’s disaster relief response to Puerto Rico.

Trump insinuated that Democratic Party operatives told Cruz to criticize the president for not taking the appropriate tone when speaking about the recovery effort.

Larwyn's Linx: Operation Regional Shield: 3,800 Gang Members in US and Latin America Charged

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Operation Regional Shield: 3,800 Gang Members in US, Latin America Held: Treehouse
#UnderCoverAntifa: Louder with Crowder Exposes the Dangerous Truth of Antifa: Crowder
Criminal Antifa Member Demands YouTube Remove Our Video: Crowder

NFL Favorability Cut In Half After Protests: William Teach
Tom Price resigns as HHS secretary after private jet outrage: Robert King
Obama regime Leon Panetta charged taxpayers $800,000 – didn’t resign: Pacific

The Numbers Show Just How Strong Trump Has Been On Illegal Aliens: William Teach
Cops using sneakers to spot MS-13 members, gang leader says: Fox
Trump Names Libertarian-Minded Texas Justice to U.S. Appellate Court: Damon Root

Economy

The welfare state's legacy: Walter Williams
Wrong, Politico: Today’s Farmers Are Obsessed With Healthy Soil: Amanda Zaluckyj
The Cat in the Racist Hat: Mark Steyn

Scandal Central

Zuckerberg Colluded with Hillary Clinton Campaign: Kevin Jackson
Heads Up: State Department Friday FOIA Dump – Multiple Clinton Documents: Treehouse
Seems Fair: Equifax CEO to collect $90 million: report: Jacqueline Thomsen

Chelsea Clinton’s ‘Best Friend’ Got $11 Million In Fed Contracts Without Security Clearance: Joshua Heckathorn
Court to Probe Clinton Private Email Use Over Objections of Trump Administration: Adam Kredo
There They Go Again: Your House Judiciary Committee Hard at Work, Part II: Benjamin Wittes

Media

Reputation Management CEO: NFL Anthem Protests "The Worst Branding Move in Modern History": GWP
Morning Consult: NFL's net "brand favorability" cut nearly in half over past eight days: Hot Air
VFW Issues Blistering Response To NFL – It’s Brutal: NewsTodayFlash

Dear Media – Stop Using Tragedy for Your Political Ends!: Marta Hernandez
Shannon Sharpe: American Flag is ‘Racist,’ ‘Peace of Cloth’ ‘Nobody Fights For’: Pacific
Must See Moments: Restaurants Stand Up to NFL: WFP

The Mother of All Fake News: J.P. Carroll
A Kentucky bar is hosting a NFL merchandise burning party: Mark Hensch
CNN fake news spreader Ana Navarro deletes Lebron James tweet: Pacific

World

A Marshall Plan for Puerto Rico: Fausta
U.S. Warns Americans Against Visiting Cuba, Cuts Embassy Staff: Tammy Bruce
North Korea could cause radioactive cloud over the Pacific: DailyMail

Kim Eyes October 10th for ‘Massive’ Nuclear Test: BFT
That Look When Palestinian UN Delegation Confronted by Palestinian: LI
The Quiet Islamic Conquest of Spain: Gatestone

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The brain’s 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness: Anil Ananthaswamy
Why are smartphone chips suddenly including an AI processor?: Robert Triggs
Apple acquires AI tech that seeks to understand your photos: Nicole Lee

Cornucopia

Rumor: NFL's Oakland Raiders Threw Game After White QB Refused To Kneel For National Anthem: Sheeple
FLOTUS Friday: A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small: MOTUS
Modern Strongman Games Test Your Speed Instead: Hackaday

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QOTD:

What do you suppose it’s like, being the kind of guy who Instagrams his pizza in a country where the people are literally starving to death? pic.twitter.com/IMFX8WIDN8

— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) September 29, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Zapruder Film Breakdown of NFL Protests

Please credit our summer intern, Biff Spackle (on Twitter as, you guessed it, @BiffSpackle).

In related news, a Kentucky bar is hosting a NFL merchandise burning party.
 

TRUMP’S WARNING SHOT: Employer Hit with $100 Million Penalty for Hiring Illegal Aliens

By David North

Asplundh, the tree-trimming company, has been hit by a $96 million penalty for hiring (and rehiring) illegal alien workers. According to the federal prosecutors it is the largest payment ever levied in an immigration case.

The company pled guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Pennsylvania, where its headquarters is located, apparently moving swiftly to minimize the damage to the corporation's image. As a result of the guilty plea, there will not be a public trial.

Larwyn's Linx: NFL player: Don't come to the game if our protest upsets you

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NFL player: Don't come to the game if our protest upsets you: Rick Moran
The Personal Is Political: The Z Man
Appeals Court Denies DC Request to Keep Unconstitutional Gun Ban: Stephen Gutowski

The First Primary in the Party of Trump: Matthew Continetti
Democrats Lose Touch With America: Josh Kraushaar
"Progressive, Mainstream" Muslim Groups Said to be Homophobic, Racist: Gatestone

Operation Safe City: ICE Sweep Nabs 498 Criminal Illegals In Sanctuary Cities: LidBlog
Trump Nominates Don Willett to 5th Circuit: BattleSwarm
Democrats Say Immigration Could Hurt Republicans In 2018 Or Something: William Teach

Chuck Todd is a constitutional illiterate: Chris Pandolfo
Hillary’s Former Secret Service Agent Calls Her An ‘Obnoxious, Rude, Fraud’: TPI
Moonbattery: Library Considers Dr. Seuss To Be “Racist Propaganda”: William Teach

Economy

Packers’ Fans Let The Team Know What They Thought Of The Protest: William Teach

Scandal Central

The Long March Through The Institutions: Herschel Smith
Court to Probe Clinton Private Email Use Over Objections of Trump Administration: Adam Kredo
Democratic ex-Illinois congressman convicted for third time: Marathon

Media

Titans' Delanie Walker: 'No one's telling you to come to the game': Tennessean
Can We Please Stop Pretending the NFL Protests Have Anything to Do with Free Speech?: William Sullivan
Mic Drop: Hillary Tweets To Send Navy To Help Puerto Rico, Benghazi Hero Responds: WZ

Rush: What If An NFL Player Ran Out Carrying A Confederate Flag?: Rushbo
Packers' national anthem plans continue to rile fans: Richard Ryman
Tucker: Voters Say America’s Bonds Are Weakening As Media Stokes Flame Of Race: WZ

World

Iran is utilizing ISIS fighters in Iraq to widen sectarian divisions: Sara A. Carter
Palestinian Leaders Stunned as Son of Hamas Founder Defends Israel: UWI
Senate Confirms Jon Huntsman as Ambassador to Russia: Paul Crookston

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Why are $100M metal towers popping up at tunnels and bridges all over New York?: DailyMail
Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022: NewScientist
The swelling tide of ransomware and how to fight back: Rob Rae

Cornucopia

Hugh Hefner Dead at Age 91: BattleSwarm
Everything’s Smaller in Utah (I Blame Diversity): MOTUS
Former UK QB Jared Lorenzen checks in at over 500 pounds to begin weight loss journey: Cody McClure
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QOTD: "...what would happen if during player introductions, a player ran out carrying a Confederate flag?

Do you think that they’d say, “Hey, freedom of speech! That guy’s got every right to say whatever he wants!” He would be thrown out of the league if he got out of the stadium alive. They’d probably have to put him on injured reserve before the game even started for what would happen to the guy. You think there’d be any tolerance for that? Hell, no! It’s not about that. It isn’t about freedom of speech. Remember Kaepernick. This all started… As far as the players are concerned, what they think, is it’s all about police brutality. Kaepernick laid it out...

...The players’ grievance is police brutality and inequality and all that. That’s what’s got ’em all revved up... But you see, that’s just the face of it. That’s not the objective. What that is doing is exactly what it’s supposed to do. It’s disgusting people, and it’s causing them to tune out the NFL, because the objective is to harm the NFL as a business, and it’s succeeding. For every fan that boycotts, for every fan that cancels a TV subscription, for every fan that doesn’t buy memorabilia or tickets — for every fan that doesn’t watch the games on Sunday or Monday night — it’s working.

And the league, I think, is a clueless entity in the middle of this, as are the players." --Rush Limbaugh

I came up with more nicknames for Jonah on VEEP...

...my royalty charges will be quite nominal.

As a refresher, I recently met a Congressional staffer and we were discussing which TV series about Washington were most realistic.

He stated, without hesitation, HBO's Veep.

During the course of the series, Jonah Ryan -- tall, geeky, socially awkward, and (weirdly) also possessing delusions of grandeur -- makes the transition from low-level White House staffer to... Congressman.

The staffer I was schmoozing with said that Ryan's unlikely ascendancy, through a bizarre series of events, was entirely plausible. He said most Congressmen he knew were complete dunces and made Ryan look like Einstein.

The series is very funny and one of the best parts are the nicknames other members of Veep's staff call Ryan.

INFOGRAPHIC: Which NFL Teams Protested America

Great work by Dan Swenson of the New Orleans Advocate illustrating -- team-by-team -- the misbehavior of the misguided and deluded crackpots in the NFL.

Consider it a helpful reminder to tune out, turn off, and disregard this sport comprised of unappreciative losers.

I include, of course, the team owners and the NFL commissioner -- who is a disgraceful hack -- that are all complicit in this anti-American crapfest.

It's almost funny, but not really, to note that the 17 Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars players who took a knee in a foreign country are together under contract for nearly half a billion dollars.

That's half a billion dollars of oppression.

Now, consider the chart, below. I'll let you know what I observed after the break.

Larwyn's Linx: Hard Data, Hollow Protests

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Hard Data, Hollow Protests: Heather Mac Donald
When Life Gives You Paul Ryan, Make Lemonade: Ann Coulter
It’s Embarrassing! Republicans Really Don’t Want to Cut Taxes: Rush Limbaugh

End the NFL: Sultan Knish
FBI Investigating Facebook and a Larger Scheme Aimed At Electing Hillary: TruePundit
Obama hauls in millions from Wall Street, media don’t say a word: Joseph Curl

The Duality of Liberal Statistics: ALR
Hillary Doesn’t Understand What a Convention of States Actually Is: Taryn O'Neill
78 Obama appointees 'burrowed' into career jobs, watchdog finds: Times

Report: Illegal Aliens Cost US Taxpayers An Average Of $8,075 Per Illegal: William Teach
Rand Paul and Trump make Obama-esque move with healthcare: David Leach
Transsexual Allegedly Has Right to Defecate in Other People’s Yards: Dave Blount

Economy

House Freedom Caucus Supports Trump's Tax Plan: Katie Pavlich
Norquist: GOP Tax Cut Plan Will Turbo-charge the Economy: John Kartch
Democrats Signal Obstruction On Tax Reform: GOP

Scandal Central

Lawmakers Set Sights on Obama Unmasking Scandal: Adam Kredo
Special Counsel Mueller Will Find a Long List of Obama White House Crimes: Will He Investigate?: Jim Hoft
Exclusive: Sources Say Susan Rice Leaked Against Facebook To Cover Her Own Russia Sins: Resurgent

Media

Taking a Knee and Killing the Golden Goose: Melissa MacKenzie
CNN #FakeNews: Ana Navarro shares photoshop of Lebron James with F*** Trump shirt: Pacific
Steelers coach who was upset Army vet stood for anthem hosted a posh Hillary fundraiser: BPR

Figures. Colin Kaepernick Has Never Registered to Vote: BFT
Mic Drop: Hillary Tweets To Send Navy To Help Puerto Rico, Benghazi Hero Responds: WZ
Tim Allen To Norm Macdonald: Nothing More 'Dangerous' Than A 'Funny, Likable Conservative': Daily Wire

World

Westerners: Guilty of Reading the News: Douglas Murray
The U.N. Is Designed to Fail: Henry I. Miller
Canada: Muslim judge jails man for 5 months for “no more Muslims” scrawls: Creeping

US military chief Dunford: China is main threat to security: Asia Times
Ha’aretz, the newspaper that hates its country: Vic Rosenthal
As Deadline Looms, GOP Hawks Want Trump to Decertify the Iran Deal: Jenna Lifhits

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

FBI Director Warns Terrorist Groups Could Soon Launch Drone Attack Against U.S.: Natalie Johnson
A Radar for Industrial Robots May Guide Collaboration with Humans: TechReview
Giant Rat That Fell From Sky Is New Species: Jason Bittel

Cornucopia

2 Trans-Am Icons Found Stashed in Same Barn: 1969 Camaro Z/28 & 1970 Plymouth AAR ’Cuda: HotRod
Huma Abedin didn’t bother showing up to Carlos Danger's Weiner’s sentencing: Post
Rabbit Hole Wednesday, Communist version: MOTUS

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QOTD:

I feel like he's trying to tell me something pic.twitter.com/VfM6SeGJlA

— Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) September 28, 2017

GLAD WE’RE NOT IN DEBT OR ANYTHING: Illegal Aliens Only Cost Taxpayers $8,000 a Year Apiece

By William Teach

Say, for all those who complain about people not having enough money for healthcare, what would $116 billion do?

The swelling population of illegal immigrants and their kids is costing American taxpayers $135 billion a year, the highest ever, driven by free medical care, education and a huge law enforcement bill, according to the the most authoritative report on the issue yet.

Larwyn's Linx: 5 Reasons Why Moore’s Win Matters

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5 Reasons Why Moore’s Win Matters: KausFiles
Bannon warns GOP establishment: ‘Your day of reckoning is coming’: TheHill
Moore defeats Strange in Alabama in huge blow to GOP in DC: David M. Drucker

The Black Conservative Intellectual Civil War: BlackCon
Judge Roy Moore: We Removed God from Schools, Death Filled the Void: Breitbart
LePage may remove MN sheriffs, asks ICE to probe state's immigrant groups: WCSH6

The New Democrat Party: Caroline Glick
Calling Out Terrorist Supporters Is A Hate Crime?: Matthew Vadum
NY: Muslim testifies he was trained in Pakistan to attack U.S.: Creeping

Moore Victory: Trump Must Return to Lead Populist Movement: James Kirkpatrick
Prototypes for Trump's border wall break ground in San Diego: Fox
Trump Cuts Obama's Refugee Target in Half, Takes in More Christians Than Muslims: Times

Economy

Record $135 billion a year for illegal immigration, average $8,075 each: Paul Bedard
McCarthy: Time to Send California’s Sputtering High-Speed Rail Project to the Scrap Yard: Susan Crabtree
Mark Meadows demands 20 percent corporate tax rate: Susan Ferrechio

Scandal Central

Rising scandal 'bigger than Russia': Martin Barillas
Here Are The Congressional Aides That Traded On Insider Information Over The Past Year: ZH
Obama Funding Anti-Trump Movement With Sleazy Backdoor Policies And Taxpayer Money: SHTFplan

Clinton Compares Trump to Putin: ‘Hopefully He Hasn’t [Killed] People and Journalists’: Paul Crookston
Four NCAA assistant basketball coaches are facing federal bribery charges: Mark Hensch
Report: IRS Now Sharing Info with Mueller Russia Investigation: Charles Fain Lehman

Media

BuzzFeed Wants You To Fear Facebook’s Algorithms: Eric Lieberman
Folsom Street Fair Previews Continued Defeat in the Culture War: Dave Blount
Awan Funneling ‘Massive’ Data Off Congressional Server, Dems Claim It’s Child’s Homework: Luke Rosiak

America’s Sport No Longer: Dave Blount
No, NFL, You DON’T Have an Unassailable ‘Right’ to Protest the National Anthem: Publius
Mark Levin: Let me tell you why I love America and will never take a knee!: Scoop

World

As North Korea threatens EMP attack, questions over lapses in US grid security rise: Fox
Frau Dummkopf not safe yet: Frank Friday
Total Defense: How Baltic States Are Integrating Citizenry Into National Security Strategies: Small Wars Journal

UN Wants Canada To Apologize, Pay Reparations For Black Slavery: David Krayden
ISIS is Growing in Pakistan: Lawrence Sellin
Gang attacked security officers in Sweden (again): SPEISA

China’s ‘Magic Weapons’: Influence Operations Subverting Foreign Governments: Bill Gertz
Hawaii Delegation, Security Experts at Crossroads on Defense Against North Korea: Natalie Johnson
Saudi Arabia Announces Women to Be Given Right to Drive: DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Five Ways to Get CRISPR into the Body: TechReview
Robot farmers have successfully planted and harvested barley by themselves: DigitalTrends
Deloitte is a sitting duck: Key systems with RDP open, VPN and proxy 'login details leaked': Iain Thomson

Cornucopia

After Finding Heart-wrenching Note, Neighbor Saves 90-Year-old Woman From Loneliness: GNN
Anthony Weiner Gets Extended Hard Time: BattleSwarm
UFC Lawsuit: Plaintiffs Want Top Rank's Financials, May Seek Enormous Damages: Paul Gift

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QOTD:

Important to note - the Trump backed candidate lost in Alabama. But, the Trump-like candidate with the Trump positions won.

— MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) September 27, 2017

YOU’RE FIRED: President Trump Needs to Ditch the United Nations Now

By Bruce Thornton

Donald Trump campaigned and was elected as an agent of radical change. He promised to roll back the policies on big government at home and transnational cooperation abroad that both parties have endorsed for years. His campaign rhetoric about the “useless UN” and the “unfair” Paris Climate Accords suggested he understood that such organizations and treaties fleece Americans while handing over national sovereignty to other countries eager to gain leverage over us.

But Trump’s recent comments about renegotiating the Paris agreement and reforming the UN imply an acceptance of the assumptions on which both are built: that multilateral cooperation is better able to serve the interests and security of the United States. If this is so, then Trump is buying into the flaws of those assumptions that need to be utterly discredited in order to enact meaningful change.

Larwyn's Linx: McCainCare

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McCainCare: Daniel Greenfield
McCain says Trump never apologized for 'war hero' dig: Fox News
Gohmert Calls for McCain’s Recall: Roll Call

NFL Protests Are The Dead End Of ‘Resistance’ Culture: Robert Tracinski
NFL Owners Side with Players Over Customers: EIB
Marriott Refuses to Cancel Convention for Anti-Sharia Group: Rod Kackley

Facebook Fail: 'Russian ads' were actually posts backing Hillary: TheDuran
Moonbats Use Kazoos to Suppress Speech: Dave Blount
All Mxed Up: Fifth Grade Teacher Imposes Perverted Gender Politics: Dave Blount

The End of the Line: Federal Observer
Succeed Act, Offering Pathway To Citizenship, Filed In Congress: William Teach
Suddenly, Democrats Are Very Into Expressing Love For Country: William Teach

Economy

NFL gets billions in subsidies from U.S. taxpayers: Chris Isidore
Democrats block FAA extension and hurricane tax relief: Susan Ferrechio
Massie wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security income: Steven Nelson

Scandal Central

Judicial Anarchism: The Z Man
Anthony Weiner faces sentencing over sexts with minor: Kaja Whitehouse
NJ voters overwhelmingly want Sen. Bob Menendez to resign if he is convicted of bribery: Herb Jackson

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Tire Tyranny: Eric Peters
Bali Volcano Eruption ‘Imminent’, Nearly 50,000 Flee: NDTV
Bali Volcano the Latest Excuse for the Lack of Warming: Eric Worrall

Media

The NFL is looking more repulsive by the day...: Mark Levin
Mike Rowe Blasts Everyone In NFL Protests: DC
Angry NFL Fans Burn Jerseys Over Protests: "You Can Take Your NFL And Shove It": ZH

Limbaugh Didn’t Watch ‘Sunday Night Football’ For First Time In 45 Years: Rushbo
Tim Allen reveals truth of what happened to ‘Last Man Standing’ in new interview: Blaze
Alan Dershowitz Talk Expected to Be Disrupted by Protesters: Rachel Frommer

World

Iran Defies Nuclear Deal With Latest Ballistic Missile Test: Adam Kredo
Russia Releases Photos Showing US Special Ops At ISIS Positions In Syria: ZH
3 Israelis killed, 1 seriously hurt in terror shooting near Jerusalem: Times of Israel

Merkel Wins (Sort Of): BattleSwarm
North Korea bolsters defenses after flight by U.S. bombers as rhetoric escalates: Reuters
A Jewish-Catholic Partnership against Islamist Violence?: Lawrence A. Franklin

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

US military invests $900 million on new microchips capable of powering killer AI robots: DailyMail
Microsoft and Facebook complete Transatlantic Internet cable ‘Marea’: CIOL
Docs ran simulation of what would happen if malware hit a city's hospitals. RIP :(: Register

Cornucopia

Ken Block’s latest insane drifting video takes place on Pikes Peak: Ars
Australian authorities arrested a man after his train surfing stunt was caught on camera: Circa
MGPWW2GA! (Make Germany Post WWII Great Again!): MOTUS

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QOTD:

It's time for the Democrats to stop hiding behind know nothing celebrities. https://t.co/RHx9bIQLbn

— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) September 26, 2017

James Mattis's Reason For Not Caring About The NFL Is Too Damn Awesome

By Saagar Enjeti

Secretary of Defense James Mattis steered clear of passing any type of judgement on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem during a press gaggle on a flight to India Monday.

“I’m the secretary of defense. We defend the country,” is all Mattis would give on the subject. Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob Manning went a bit further in a briefing with reporters Monday with respect to service academy players, expressing his “hope” that they would stand.

Larwyn's Linx: The Democrats' Dolchstosslegende

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The Democrats' Dolchstosslegende: Daniel Greenfield
Trump: new entry limits on Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen: Robert Spencer
The Nail in the NFL’s Coffin: Lawrence Meyers

NFL picked sides in the culture war, now it has to live with the consequences: LI
Patriots fans rain boos on own players for anthem protest: Post
NASCAR draws line on protesting during national anthem: Times

Mass Shooting at Church Service in Nashville: Shooter a Sudanese Immigrant: Treehouse
Attack on Church Leaves One Dead, Eight Wounded: John Leonard
Church shooting spree stopped by usher with gun: WND

Trump Encourages Boycott of NFL After Protests Against America: RWN
Calling Out Terrorist Supporters Is A Hate Crime?: Matthew Vadum
Did Trump Actually Win With All The Entitled Players Protesting?: William Teach

Economy

Chicago’s Awesome New Soda Tax Produces Predicted Results: Jazz Shaw
Meet the Lesbian Goldman Economist Who Just Led Germany’s Far Right to Victory: FP
Puerto Rico's fragile economy dealt new blow by Maria: Reuters

Scandal Central

Report: Hillary Clinton Gave $800K To Fund Antifa Groups: TPI
Steelers Coach Didn’t Want Army Vet To Stand For Anthem: Peter Hasson
Prosecutors want two-year prison sentence for Anthony Weiner: Max Greenwood

Media

Army Ranger Villanueva Only Steeler To Stand For Anthem: DC
34% Are Less Likely to Follow NFL Because of Protests: Rasmussen Reports
Denver Broncos Almost All Take A Knee During National Anthem: WZ

Mark Levin pulverizes Jimmy Kimmel for secretly colluding with Dems on health care: Scoop
NFL Takes Its Hate America Show Abroad: MB
Red Team? Blue Team? Start Your Own Team.: Jon Gabriel

World

U.S. B-1B Bombers Fly Just Off Coast Of North Korea: Why This Time It's Different: ZH
Islamic State Near Collapse?: BattleSwarm
Iran tells UN Israel has waged 15 wars - and supports ISIL: Elder of Ziyon

Merkel limps to victory as AfD surges in German elections: Philip Sime
Germany, Then and Now: A Visual Anthology: Stratfor
NATO leader: Russian military exercises appear to be preparation for 'big war': Ray Downs

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Prototype Laser Weapon Shoots Down Drones: BattleSwarm
There's a new kind of computer coming: Insider
Straight Out of Harry Potter — Color-Shifting Fashion Is Here : Ozy

Cornucopia

NASCAR Owners Say They’ll Fire Drivers Who Disrespect National Anthem: Lookout
Et tu New York Times: New York Times
Patriotic NFL fan torches Steelers gear, calls for boycott after team disrespects flag: CFL

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QOTD:

Spot the patriot pic.twitter.com/ic46vrRxCB

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) September 25, 2017

HALF A BILLION DOLLARS: How Much the 17 NFL Players Who Took a Knee in London Make

By Robert Donachie

The 17 Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars players who took a knee during the presentation of the national anthem in London on Sunday have combined total contracts of nearly $450 million.

Combing the total value of each players contracts adds up to a whopping $448,373,425, a figure greater than the gross domestic product of over a handful of the world’s nations.

ESPN reported that 10 Ravens players and roughly the same number of Jaguars players took a knee during the national anthem Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London.

NFL players who #TakeTheKnee should talk to the wounded warriors who no longer can

By Daniel John Sobieski

Whenever I hear about NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem, I am reminded of the double amputees that have returned from America’s wars. And the fact that while, because of our Armed Services' sacrifice over centuries, we are entitled to speak freely, but none of us are entitled to do so in a particular forum.

NFL players are employees of a larger organization, just like Curt Schilling was when ESPN fired him for what he thought was protected speech. The speech is protected. Your access to a particular forum is not. They are teammates in a sport that pays these allegedly oppressed spoiled brats millions. Their teammates may share a different view, so does the locker room become a game prep area or a debating society? Does the field remain a porting arena or a campaign rally? Those who take a knee were indeed given that right by many who no longer have knees and are privileged to take a knee in a sport paid for by millions of fans who may disagree with them and who paid to see a game, not a protest. Players who take a knee think they are being patriotic, when they are merely being elf-indulgent and selfish. Go rent out a stadium and invite people to pay just to see you take a knee and see if anybody shows up. The response by the MFL Players Association is disingenuous, at best:

Larwyn's Linx: It’s a Trump Trap and the NFL, NBA and Dems Walked Right In

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It’s a Trump Trap and the NFL, NBA and Dems Walked Right In: DTG
Farewell to the National Football League: Michael Walsh
Trump Is Reinventing What It Means to Be a Politician: Roger L. Simon

3 red-flag provisions in the Graham-Cassidy health care bill: Daniel Horowitz
Why Democrats’ Cries of Gerrymandering Are False: ALR
5 Reasons “Dreamers” Shouldn’t Be Given Amnesty: John Hawkins

The Long Night Ahead: John Robb
Milo Undeterred By UC Berkeley Cancellation Of ‘Free Speech Week’: DC
Obama's "Dear Colleague" Demand for No-Due-Process Rape Courts Rescinded: Ace

Civil asset forfeiture nightmare: Man loses truck over five rounds of ammunition: CoS
Muslim Beheading defendant: "if I was to die... I was going to heaven.": Nolan Clay
Oregon Dems Push Phony Precedent To Block Ninth Circuit Court Nominee: Brent Scher

Economy

Boobs on Credit: Jim Quinn
Understanding America’s ridiculously large $18.6T economy: Mark J. Perry
Build Your Economic Storm Shelter Now: John Mauldin

Scandal Central

How Obama is funding the anti-Trump resistance: Paul Sperry
Europe: The Great White Death?: Drieu Godefridi
Showdown looms over Trump dossier; FBI misses 3rd deadline to produce subpoenaed documents: Byron York

Media

Five Stories The Establishment Media Killed This Week: Peter Hasson
She Doesn’t Understand How Bad She Was, And Still Won’t Go Away: Joseph Bottum
Melania Honors Vets at Invictus Games, Internet Haters Snipe About Her Shirt: Kim Quade

President calls for fans to refuse to go to NFL games: Josh Alper
Robert Kraft Condemns Donald Trump In Bold Statement After President’s Rant Darren Hartwell : NESN
Athletics Catcher Bruce Maxwell Becomes 1st MLB Player to Kneel for Anthem: Alec Nathan

World

STRATCOM Commander: U.S. Forces Ready to Take Down North Korea: Karl Herchenroeder
NoKo says President's 'Rocket Man' jibe means firing rockets at US mainland is 'inevitable': DailyMail
Iran Threatens to Drop ‘Father of All Bombs’: Adam Kredo

Is a World War III Just Déjà-vu All Over Again: Brent Smith
Teenager arrested after six injured in 'noxious substance attack' in London: Guardian
Acid attack injures at least six people as gang goes on a 'spree' through East London: DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The latest iPhones show why A.I. is the new electricity: Mike Elgan
Experts Say Medical Care Next Big Cyber Threat: WFB
When Trucks Stop, America Stops (PDF): Trucking

Cornucopia

Iran's New Ballistic Missile Looks a Lot Like a Modified North Korean One: TheDrive
Bolton: Trump’s U.N. Speech the Best of His Presidency: David Rutz
Not My NFL: MOTUS

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QOTD:

Are they pumping these players full of steroids or estrogen? #TakeAKnee pic.twitter.com/FGTxBqWeki

— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) September 23, 2017

MATCH MADE IN HELL: Democrats, North Korea Ally Against America

Just when you think the progressive-Communist Democrats can't sink any lower, they unveil a brand new program to commit seppuku.

Democrats fire off a letter, not condemning North Korea, but Trump https://t.co/nFDYIFVWor

— Tim Gradous (@tgradous) August 11, 2017

Hollywood's nutjobs also support the country that has murdered millions through starvation, lacks running water and electricity through much of the country, and imprisons tens or hundreds of thousands of innocent children:

SHOULD BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS: NFL, NBA and UNC Go Full Trump Derangement Syndrome

To paraphrase Jon Gabriel, the best thing about the Obama era was all the racial healing.

In related news today, UNC's 2017 national championship team will not visit the White House. The story about why: https://t.co/duTBHWHib9

— Andrew Carter (@_andrewcarter) September 23, 2017

The official story on UNC's White House visit is simply that the parties couldn't find a date that worked for both.

But UNC Coach Roy Williams, like his predecessor Dean Smith, is said to be a hard-core liberal. He's complained about Trump's social media habits in the past.

Now the NBA is in on the act:

Larwyn's Linx: Obama’s Watergate

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Nation

Obama’s Watergate: Daniel J. Flynn
No-Go Zones in the US: David Harris
Young Democrats Caught Red-Handed Inciting Anti-Police Riots In St. Louis: TMH

1913: The Turning Point: Robert Curry
Candidate McCain Hates Obamacare. Senator McCain Loves It.: Jon Gabriel
McCain ‘in good conscience’ can’t vote for the Graham-Cassidy: Pacific

Will Facebook become World's Most Powerful Government Contractor?: John Robb
Survey: Less Than 1 Out of 4 Republicans In Congress Support Border Wall: TMIN
NY Times Uses Earthquakes To Bash Trump, Congress: William Teach

What Did the Founders Think about Freedom of Speech?: Mike Sabo
"DREAMers" gang-rape Maryland girl: IACR
Search Results: IACR

Economy

Betsy DeVos: Obama-era Title IX sexual assault guidance is revoked: LI
Huff Post: Hey, Let’s Hold Disaster Money Hostage To Legalize The Dreamers: RWN
Drone Footage Reveals Staggering Number of Cars Destroyed by Hurricane Harvey: Kyle Cheromcha

Scandal Central

Mueller Scorches the Earth : Andrew C. McCarthy
Unmasking Susan Power’s Abuse of Power: Matthew Vadum
War on Heritage Targets Street Names: Dave Blount

Climate, Energy & Regulations

The Latest: New quake causes alarm in shaken Mexico: ABC
‘Breathing’ road in Mexico terrifying locals after quake: Patrick Knox

Media

New Stuff and Bad Actors: Scott McKay
Comey Speech At Howard University Gets Heckled, Democrats Reaping What They Have Sown : Deanna Fisher
Mel Brooks Calls Political Correctness The Death Of Comedy: Ian Miles Cheong

Media on the brink of a nervous breakdown: Eddie Scarry
'Sanctuary Family' Sitcom In the Works at ABC: Jerome Hudson
You Never Want to Go Full ---------: Right As Usual

World

Iran Quadruples Cash Flow to Hizballah Since Nuclear Deal: IPT
The Pope of Islam: Robert Spencer
Communism Never Died, It Was Cleverly Repackaged for the Historically Impaired: CFP

Let’s Remember Too That Trump Took It to Venezuela’s Maduro: Paul Kengor
The world according to the Castros: Alberto de la Cruz
Merkel Criticized for Meetings with Anti-Israel NGOs: The Tower

U.S. Navy Sailor Staved Off ISIS Attack For 10 Hours To Protect Comrades: Sierra Marlee
Sweden: Sharia supremacists take over Muslim political party: JihadWatch
Saudi Muslim cleric: Women have “a quarter the brainpower of men”: JihadWatch

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Space telescopes will find Earth 2.0. It's just a matter of time: Jamie Carter
PUBG vs. Fortnite: A game-genre copycat face-off heats up: Ars
A new test of water ripples supports the idea of quantum heat in a vacuum: Emily Conover

Cornucopia

Libtardthursday...: Woodsterman
Barron Trump will play on MLS team D.C. United's U-12 squad: Camila DeChalus
“Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful, Hate Me Because I’m Rich”: MOTUS

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QOTD: "The socialist dictatorship of [Venezuela's] Nicolas Maduro has inflicted terrible pain and suffering on the good people of that country. This corrupt regime destroyed a prosperous nation by imposing a failed ideology that has produced poverty and misery everywhere it has been tried. To make matters worse, Maduro has defied his own people, stealing power from their elected representatives to preserve his disastrous rule.

The Venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing. Their democratic institutions are being destroyed. This situation is completely unacceptable and we cannot stand by and watch.

...The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. From the Soviet Union to Cuba to Venezuela, wherever true socialism or communism has been adopted, it has delivered anguish and devastation and failure. Those who preach the tenets of these discredited ideologies only contribute to the continued suffering of the people who live under these cruel systems." --President Donald J. Trump

ISLAMOPHOBIA: At Least 3 Muslim Women Called Police on Democrats' Rogue Pakistani IT Aide

By Luke Rosiak

Multiple women in relationships with Imran Awan, the indicted former IT aide for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, have recently called Virginia law enforcement and alleged being abused by him, police reports obtained under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act show.

Officers found one of the women bloodied and she told them she “just wanted to leave,” while the second said she felt like a “slave,” according to Fairfax County Police reports obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group. A third woman claimed she was being kept “in captivity.”

The third woman is Awan’s stepmother, Samina Gilani, who said in court documents that Awan invoked his authority as a congressional employee to intimidate immigrant women, in part by telling them he had the power to have people kidnapped.

All but two of the nearly two dozen Democratic women Awan worked for in the House declined to comment on the police reports.

#FAKEPOLLS: How Legacy Media Manipulates Polling and Lies to You About... Everything

By James Simpson

The credibility of mainstream political polls took a serious hit following the 2016 election. Most predicted an easy victory for Hillary Clinton. The entire political class believed she was a shoo-in, and that the election would be a mere formality. But the polls and the pundits were wrong, glaringly so.

It appears they are wrong again, because they persist in making the same mistakes they have been making for years.

Most pollsters and pundits report that President Trump’s approval ratings are in the tank — consistently in the mid- to upper-30 percent range. His disapproval rates average a whopping 57 percent, according to the polls cited below.

The following table reveals why.

Larwyn's Linx: Globalism: The existential enemy of sovereignty, security and prosperity

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Nation

Globalism: The existential enemy of sovereignty, security and prosperity: Linda Goudsmit
18 minute speech, Barack Obama refers to himself 96 times: TheDuran
Divided Democratic Party Debates Its Future as 2020 Looms: Time, Philip Elliott

Leftward Ho!: Steven Greenhut
Valerie Plame Wilson Tweets ‘America’s Jews Are Driving America’s Wars’: Alex Griswold
Facebook says it will hand Russian ads over to Congress: CNN Money

The Swamp Goes All In Against Judge Roy Moore: CHQ
Trump U N Speech Will Not Soon be Forgotten: Brent Smith
Senate Republicans Accuse Dem Leaders of Playing Politics with Defense: Natalie Johnson

The Deranged Origin of Multiculturalism: Christopher DeGroot
Surprise: WaPo Blamestorms Trump Admin Over St. Louis Shooting Case: RWN
I Always Knew Obamacare Was A Nightmare. Now, I’m One Of The Millions Living It.: RS

Scandal Central

Why Obama Really Spied on Trump: Daniel Greenfield
Democrat Rep. Dawnna Dukes Spent $51,348 in Taxpayer Money on Telephone Psychics: BattleSwarm
Newly Released Email Shows Hillary Clinton Invited Vladimir Putin To Foundation Event: Lid

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Climate Deniers Just Want To Protect The Status Quo That Gave Them Great Lives Or Something: RWN
Advert in The Australian describes what real climate change looks like: JoNova
San Francisco, Oakland File Lawsuits Against Oil Companies Over ‘Climate Change’: RWN

Media

Levin: Our Media Is Really No Different from Media in Any Dictatorship: CNS
Mark Levin: Now We Know The Trump Campaign Was Wire Tapped: Rob Kirkpatrick
Swedish Journalist Who Worked To Demystify No-Go Zones Gets Shot In No-Go Zone: InfLib

World

North Korea threatens to test hydrogen bomb in Pacific: Pacific
In defiance to US, Iran unveils latest missile during parade: Amir Vahdat
As Zimbabwe Starves, Socialist Dictator’s Relatives Import Rolls Royce Limousines: MB

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Here Are 15 All-Time Best Photos From Cassini That You Absolutely Must See: Michelle Starr
Are you being watched? FinFisher government spy tool found hiding in WhatsApp and Skype: IB Times
Uber Stripped Of London License: Costa Pitas

Cornucopia

It Takes a Village…or Something: MOTUS
He Hacked a Way to Talk to Plants — and They Talk Back: Ozy
Michelle Malkin Rips Liberal Critics Of Trump’s Speech To The UN: Lookout

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QOTD:

Obama admin used the NSA spy on Israeli officials and diplomats, as well as American lawmakers against #Iran deal https://t.co/WNE4MnPTLp

— Nick Short 🇺🇸 (@PoliticalShort) September 22, 2017