Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Obama's Self-Described "Brown Shirts": We'll Jail Anyone Who Tells Public About Illegal Alien Disease Crisis

To help manage his manufactured refugee crisis on the southern border, President Obama has installed a security force that -- seriously -- refers to themselves as "Brown Shirts". Furthermore, they've threatened doctors and nurses who are treating disease-ridden illegal aliens with imprisonment if they tell the public about what they've seen in the Obama concentration refugee camps.

Todd Starnes explains in his detailed summary ("Medical staff warned: Keep your mouths shut about illegal immigrants or face arrest"):

A government-contracted security force threatened to arrest doctors and nurses if they divulged any information about the contagion threat at a refugee camp housing illegal alien children at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, sources say.

In spite of the threat, several former camp workers broke their confidentiality agreements and shared exclusive details with me about the dangerous conditions at the camp. They said taxpayers deserve to know about the contagious diseases and the risks the children pose to Americans. I have agreed to not to disclose their identities because they fear retaliation and prosecution...

...The sources said workers were guarded by a security force from the BCFS, which the Department of Health and Human Services hired to run the Lackland Camp... The sources say security forces called themselves the “Brown Shirts.”

“It was a very submissive atmosphere,” the counselor said. “Once you stepped onto the grounds, you abided by their laws – the Brown Shirt laws.”

She said the workers were stripped of their cellphones and other communication devices. Anyone caught with a phone was immediately fired... “Everyone was paranoid,” she said. “The children had more rights than the workers." ... She said children in the camp had measles, scabies, chicken pox and strep throat as well as mental and emotional issues.

...A former nurse at the camp told me she was horrified by what she saw... “We have so many kids coming in that there was no way to control all of the sickness – all this stuff coming into the country,” she said.

Not to worry, my friends. Jeb Bush says they're bringing all of these diseases to the United States for noble reasons. So just ignore the outbreaks of contagious, deadly diseases from the Third World.


Hat tip: The People's Cube.

Is the Republican establishment using race-baiting and voter fraud?

By Lawrence Sellin

Apparently, the Republican establishment will use any means necessary to suppress spontaneous outbreaks of democracy among ordinary Americans.

Incumbent and Republican establishment darling Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) faced a tough challenge in the June 3rd Republican primary from Tea Party-backed State Senator Chris McDaniel. Although Cochran maintained a lead over McDaniel in terms of campaign finances, the primary results did not provide a clear winner. McDaniel (49.5%, 155,040) received more votes than Cochran (49%, 153,654), but a third candidate, Thomas Carey (1.5%, 4,789), took just enough votes so that McDaniel did not receive the 50% of the vote necessary to avoid a runoff.

One week later, the Republican establishment was stunned when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), who was in line to be the next House Speaker, was crushed in his primary by Tea Party-backed economics professor Dave Brat, who received 55.8% of the vote compared to Cantor's 44.2%.

That result set the stage for an epic battle between a battered Republican establishment and a rejuvenated Tea Party in the June 24, 2014 Mississippi Senatorial run-off between Cochran and McDaniel, a contest the Republican establishment knew it could not afford to lose.

The Republican establishment went into full panic mode when a WPA Research poll conducted between June 9th and 10th showed McDaniel's lead over Cochran among 500 likely GOP primary runoff voters had shot up to eight points, 49% and 41%, respectively.

Clearly, Cochran was losing ground among Republican voters and the Republican establishment likely then decided that it could only close the gap by adopting Democratic Party tactics and soliciting cross-over votes from registered Democrats.

Cochran used Democratic Party talking points about Tea Party candidates, leveling personal attacks against McDaniel, calling him an "extremist" and "dangerous."

Larwyn's Linx: Business Insider: Obama got “destroyed” at the Supreme Court this year, huh?

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Nation

BI: Obama got “destroyed” at the Supreme Court this year, huh?: Hot Air
The Interesting Mississippi ‘Street Money’ Interview: HayRide
True The Vote Sues Mississippi over Cochran Alleged Voter Fraud: Breitbart

Obama threatens to overrule Hobby Lobby ruling: Poor Richard
The Left’s Hypocritical Love Affair With Court Decisions: Glob
Dem Mega-Donor Wants to ‘Penalize People’ For ‘Climate Risk’: Signal

Return to sender! Illegals shipped to California blocked by protesters: FAM
Reminder: Obama planned refugee crisis to “force his hand” on amnesty: PW
Near Rioting as Obama Regime Dumps Illegal Aliens in Murrieta: AmPower

The MSM's Reverse Trayvon Martin Scam: VDARE
Amateur SWAT is Worse Than Regular SWAT: WeaponsMan
Interview With Bill Ayers – The Kelly File: Trevor Loudon

Economy

How One State Made the Minimum Wage Meaningless: Rob Port
UN to intervene in Detroit water shutoffs: WND
Burger King Selling Gay Whopper: Gay Patriot

Scandal Central

Exclusive: Inside the VA’s Spin-’N-Stonewall Machine: Michelle Malkin
Lois Lerner discussed new IRS ‘scrutiny’ guidelines same month emails disappeared: Hot Air
Irs Emails ‘Lost’ — And So Is The Outrage: John Kass

Climate & Energy

Globaloney: NOAA Quietly Changes Warmest Year Back to 1936 Without Comment: Publius
NOAA quietly reinstates 1936 (not 2012) as hottest year on record: Poor Richard
Tropical Storm Arthur threatens July 4th plans along East Coast: Fox

Media

Why I Left 60 Minutes: Charles Lewis
O'Reilly: 'Unbelievable' Four Liberal Justices Want to Give More Power to Feds: Breitbart
The Ronan Farrow Comedy Hour’s pitch-perfect parody of liberal elitism: Noah Rothman

Why Barack Obama won’t just unilaterally fund access to abortifacients.: Moe Lane
I Don’t Want A Revolution: Camp o' the Saints
What Kind of Scandal Would End Obama's Presidency: TAB

World

ISIS and Their Historical Caliphate Cobblers: StrangeHistory
Undaunted ISIS Begin Building Their New Caliphate Into a State: PJM
FLASHBACK—Obama: ‘We’re Leaving Behind a Sovereign, Stable and Self-Reliant Iraq’: CNS

The Encouragers: Jihadists' Agents of Influence: Gatestone
The Obama Administration’s Wake-up Call in Iraq: Signal
Israel Faces Death Once More: Gatestone

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Drug Shortages: The Scary Reality of a World Without Meds: Reader's Digest
The U.S. Navy is quietly building a big, secretive special operations 'mothership': The Week
Amazon customizes low-cost instances for remote desktops, databases: IT News

Cornucopia

Ladies, Check Out the 20 Hottest Conservative Men In The New Media for 2014: RWN
Uterus Dialogues: PW
Video: Lois Lerner’s excuses used during IRS audit by taxpaying citizen…hilarious!: MinorityReport

Image: Return to sender! Illegals shipped to California blocked by protesters
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QOTD: "My feeling about the NRSC is that they should be on de facto probation until 2016. Specifically, I want to see how they handle Mike Lee’s reelection bid in Utah. Lee’s going to face headwinds there from establishmentarians who loathe him for his role in the shutdown last year; they’ll also be eager to symbolically undo his tea-party-propelled victory over Bob Bennett in 2010. If the NRSC really is all about protecting incumbents, it should be decisively on Lee’s side against the Romneys and Huntsmans and other business-class Republicans eager to knock him off. If they’re not, then obviously they’re picking favorites based on ideological bent, at which point conservatives might as well pull the plug and let the donor class fund the NRSC entirely. If the committee can’t even defend a serious legislator like Lee who’s taken the lead in reorienting Republican policies towards helping the middle class, they’re beyond hope. That’s third-party territory." --Allahpundit

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

BOOM: True The Vote Sues Mississippi GOP -- and by Extension, the GOP Establishment -- Over Vote Fraud

By James Simpson

True the Vote, the citizens initiative pursuing “free and fair elections for all Americans,” and 13 other plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Mississippi Secretary of State and the Republican Party of Mississippi over the June 24 primary election runoff in which Sen. Thad Cochran edged tea-party challenger Chris McDaniel.

The lawsuit asks the court to grant immediate access to voting records to inspect for possible illegal voting. It asserts that “defendants failed to properly abide by federal election record maintenance and open records provisions codified in the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Records made partially available to the plaintiffs indicated ‘double-voting’ from Democratic to Republican primaries – potentially diluting votes in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.”

The complaint explains that the National Voter Registration Act supersedes Mississippi law.

“All we are asking is that the Mississippi State Republican Party follow the law; allow their designated county representatives to inspect the poll books and ballots, give them the review time they are permitted by law, and allow them to uphold their responsibility to Mississippi voters … True the Vote has been inundated with reports from voters across Mississippi who are outraged to see the integrity of this election being undermined so that politicos can get back to business as usual. Enough is enough,” said True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht.

McDaniel won the June 3 state GOP primary with a margin too small (about 1,500 votes) to avoid a runoff. Cochran won the runoff with 7,000 votes, allegedly by convincing thousands of black Democrats to cross over and vote for him in the runoff.

One campaign flyer in particular claimed McDaniel intended to prevent blacks from voting. A radio announcement implied that McDaniel was going to defund welfare and urged blacks to vote for Cochran: “By not voting, you’re saying, ‘Take away all of my government programs, such as food stamps, early breakfast and lunch programs, millions of dollars to our black universities …’”

THE TET OFFENSIVE REDUX: The Sunni Ramadan Campaign

By George Friedman

In February 1968, the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong launched a general offensive in Vietnam during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. From mid-1966 onward, the North Vietnamese had found themselves under increasing pressure from American and South Vietnamese forces. They were far from defeated, but they were weakening and the likelihood of their military victory was receding. The North Vietnamese decided to reverse the course of the war militarily and politically by marshaling available forces, retaining only limited reserves and going on the offensive throughout South Vietnam.

The attack had three strategic purposes. First, the North Vietnamese wanted to trigger a general uprising against the Americans and the South Vietnamese government. Second, they wanted to move the insurgency to the next stage by seizing and holding significant territory and resisting counterattack. And third, they wanted to destabilize their enemy psychologically by demonstrating that intelligence reports indicating their increasing weakness were wrong. They also wanted to impose casualties on the Americans at an unprecedented rate. The American metric in the war was the body count; increasing the body count dramatically would therefore create a crisis of confidence in the U.S. public and within the military and intelligence community.

General Offensives and Crises of Confidence

From a military standpoint, the offensive was a failure. The North Vietnamese military was crippled by its losses. While seizing Hue and other locations, the North Vietnamese were unable to hold them. But they succeeded psychologically and politically by raising doubts about U.S. intelligence and by creating a political crisis in the United States. In war, perception of the enemy's strength and will, and confidence in your own evaluation of those things, shifts the manner in which one fights. The U.S. intelligence estimate before Tet was more right than wrong, but by marshaling all forces for a general offensive, the North caused U.S. trust in that evaluation to collapse. Even though the North Vietnamese were militarily far weaker after the offensive, the military failure proved less relevant than this creation of a crisis of confidence.

ROLL OUT THE WELCOME MAT: Ready for a Flood of Illegals to be Dumped in Your City or Town?

By Tori Richards

Tens of thousands of immigrants who illegally crossed the Mexico border into Texas are in the process of being released into communities throughout the nation rather than being indefinitely detained or immediately deported, a congressman told Watchdog.org.

The releases have already started and the Border Patrol did not disclose how many. At least 60,000 Central Americans have entered the country illegally this year, though some news reports say the figure is as high as 170,000. An effort is under way to place children in foster homes or with relatives already living in the U.S., said Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas.

The adults are being given a “notice to appear,” something like to a traffic ticket that requires they show up for a deportation hearing. Following that notice, they are simply being released. Those who return for the hearing will face a federal immigration judge to determine their fate.

“You know good and well they won’t show up and we won’t go looking for them,” Gohmert said. “When they get their piece of paper saying report back on such a day at such a time, they take that as their legal permit to stay in the country and they go do what they want.”

A senior Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detective who routinely deals with illegal immigrants said a “massive number – 80 to 90 percent” do not show up for deportation hearings. Detention is not even being considered because Homeland Security facilities are not equipped to hold a large number of people, said the detective, who spoke on a guarantee of anonymity.

Larwyn's Linx: Boehner won't act on immigration; Obama vows to go around Congress

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Boehner won't act on immigration; Obama vows to go around Congress: WZ
Obama Blasts Republicans For His Violations Of Immigration Law: Sara Noble
The left loses their minds over Hobby Lobby decision: Hot Air

The ♡bamaCare!!! Compendium of Doom: Stephen Green
On the Texas-Mexico Border: The View From The Front Line: Genevieve Wood
No Borders, No Rules = Dictatorship!: Joe Messina

SCOTUS Pummels Obama…Hobby Lobby Wins: BuzzPo
The Day the Establishment Died: Blaze
Cochran Campaign Busted in Illegal Vote Buying Operation: iOTW

The Curse of Cain: Daniel Greenfield
New Allegations Point to Cochran Campaign Vote Buying Scandal: RS
Human Chain Being Formed In Laredo To Block Illegals: Sara Noble

Economy

6 Reasons Liberals are Incapable of Governing: John Hawkins
Teachers Unions Use Common Core to Force Crappy Teachers On Kids: DC
Illinois mom elated after defeating powerful union in Supreme Court: Fox

Scandal Central

IRS staredown not going away: The Hill
31 Year Old Veteran Begging The VA Not To Let Him Starve To Death: John Hawkins
At Last: A Congressman Looking to Disarm All Those Federal Agencies: Publius

Vote Fraud Allegations: Cochran Campaign Paid $15 per Vote: John Hawkins
Mark Levin explains SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision: "The First Amendment was damaged": Scoop
McConnell: ‘Nice Family Fight’ of Primaries Over, Time to Unify to Take Senate: PJM

Media

After Boys Found Murdered, CNN Questions if They Were Kidnapped: TR
After Weeks of Silence, Obama Issues Statement on Murdered Boys: TR
Andrea Mitchell: Hillary Clinton “a little bit out of touch”: Hot Air

Is Brit Hume Rove’s Lackey Now?: Jen Kuznicki
Three Biggest Lies Liberals Spread about the Hobby Lobby Ruling: MRC
Why Government Isn’t Working And How To Make It Better: Michael Barone

World

ISIS declares caliphate, calls on all jihadist networks to obey: Hot Air
Three Kidnapped Israeli Teens Found Dead in Hebron: WFB
The Time for Meaningful Action Has Come: David Solway

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Active malware operation let attackers sabotage US energy industry: Ars Technica
All the NSA Revelations in One Easy-to-Read Chart: Gizmodo
'Super-Earth' is closest planet yet that could support life: Engadget

Cornucopia

“Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!” Or vice versa.: MOTUS
Megyn Kelly Calls Out Bill Ayers in a Big Way During Highly-Anticipated Interview: Blaze
Is the .380 ACP an Adequate Caliber for Defensive Use?: ActiveResponse

Image: Tropical Depression Forms Off U.S. Coast
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund

QOTD: "Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!: Even as bumper sticker slogans go, it was a bit dubious from the start. Now it looks like it was actually the other way around.

The claim seemed bogus from the moment the angry mob in Cairo chanted “Obama! Obama! There are still a billion Osamas!” right up through this month’s resurgence of al Qaeda in Iraq.

And as far as GM goes, it appears that rumors of its survival may have been exaggerated as well. Despite life support efforts that included the removal of crushing debt from its books and infusions of billions in special future tax breaks, GM managed to lose one-third of its value in less than 2 years. And now it’s official: GM really hasn’t made a car in the past 20 years that hasn’t been recalled!

GM wouldn’t exist today butt for a U.S. government bailout; apparently the same can be said of al Qaeda in Iraq. Maybe we should stop bailing out losers at home as well in the Middle East. And here’s another idea: how about we focus on taking guns away from al Qaeda instead of U.S. citizens?" --MOTUS

Monday, June 30, 2014

Law of the Land Comix

Based upon "Will Insurers Ever Say Enough’s Enough To Obamacare?"


Obamacare isn't the law of the land. It's an ever-evolving set of lawless dictates from bureaucrats and other miscreants in Washington.

It must be destroyed, defunded, repealed or otherwise nuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

And any so-called Republican who refuses to commit to such a course of action should be expelled from consideration as a serious candidate.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

VA hospitals fund solar panels while veterans die waiting for doctors

By Bre Payton and Tori Richards

Veterans Administration hospitals have spent at least $420 million on solar panels and windmills while vets wait months — or even lay dying — to see a doctor.

In total, VA hospitals reported 23 deaths due to 76 instances of delayed care, an April 2014 VA fact sheet said. Then on June 5, Acting Veteran Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson revealed that at least 18 Phoenix patients died while waiting for treatment on a secret list kept off the books. It is not clear if that number is in addition to the 23 deaths reported earlier. During the past month, the scandal has resulted in the resignations of both the VA secretary and the leaders of its health care component.

According to a June 3 audit, 100,000 veterans had lengthy wait times for appointments. Of the nation’s 216 VA hospitals, 37 percent will require further investigation.

A whistleblower revealed Tuesday that seven of the patients listed on the Phoenix VA hospitals waiting list are already dead. That same Phoenix facility spent $20 million to build the nation’s largest solar carport. Phase one of the project was completed in 2011. The hospital also had an $11.4 million shortfall that year, an Inspector General’s report stated.

Larwyn's Linx: Hillary "Disrespects" Obama

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Hillary "Disrespects" Obama: Power Line
Obama's Got a Cutesy Plan to Reconnect with Voters: Ace
Government of the Cronies, by the Cronies, for the Cronies: James V. DeLong

Letting the IRS Get Away with It: Mark Steyn
Abuses Too Far: Erick Erickson
Valerie Jarrett Won't Rule Out Run for Office: Daniel Halper

Obama Weekly Address: Virtually Out Of Ideas: Cove
The 1,000th performance of the Obama “Nothing Is My Fault” tour: John Hayward
Obama blames GOP for his failed presidency: RS

White House: Amnesty for DREAMers' Parents as Early as Fall: Breitbart
Harry Reid Doesn’t Want Dems To Take Tough Votes: Cove
For Wendy Davis, pink sneakers amazingly fail to build lead: Hot Air

The Leaders of the 2nd American Revolution: Trevor Loudon
Conservative Response to Cochran Win: Bruce Walker
EPA water proposal rattles ag industry: Des Moines Register

Scandal Central

Dems: Obama Must "Borrow" Congress' Constitutional Power to Pass Amnesty: Ace
Noel Canning Decision Exposes President Obama’s Insane Belief in his Own Primacy: RS
McDaniel Supporters Barred From Continuing To Review Voter Rolls AFTER Fraud Found: RWN

GOP official at center of election dispute charged with DUI: Sun-Herald
Judicial Watch: IRS Made False and Misleading Statements – “They Are in Real Trouble”: GWP
Lois Lerner’s Lawyer has LIED multiple times, says Darrell Issa: Scoop

Climate & Energy

Huge Ocean Whirpools Help Drive Weather And Climate: Cove
Antarctica sets new record for sea ice area: WUWT
Britain at risk of power blackouts next year as spare electricity falls to 2%: Mirror

Media

Broke-A-Hontas: Hillary gave “dozens” of free speeches: Hideout
Andrea Mitchell: Hillary is ‘Out of Touch’: WFB
McDaniel Blows it in Mississippi by Ignoring Blacks: Star Parker

Examples of Serious Crimes of Illegal Aliens: FAIRUS
GUNS ENCOURAGED: Colorado Restaurant Invites Armed Customers: Bob Owens
One dead, 4 wounded in Los Angeles BET Awards party shooting: Trib

World

Military Bans Bibles But Forces Soldiers to Adhere to Islamic Practices During Ramadan: GWP
Benghazi terrorist pleads not guilty before judge (as if he has the rights of a U.S. citizen): Stripes
Sources: Obama to nominate ex-P&G head to lead Veterans Affairs: Fox

Pledge Allegiance to New ‘Caliph,’ ISIS Demands of World’s Muslims in Ramadan Declaration: CNS
ISIS Releases Chilling New Video of Prison Being Blown Up With Prisoners Inside: RightPundit
Without allies against ISIS, US finds itself in the same camp as Iran, its sworn enemy: JPost

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google Declares War on the Firearm Industry: Michael Schaus
Facebook researcher: 'We care about the emotional impact of Facebook': PC World
Culture is a bigger barrier to DevOps than legacy infrastructure, say experts: Anh Nguyen

Cornucopia

NYC Creates Public Defender System for Immigrants: AP
“So What Line Has To Be Crossed… Before We Start Mowing Them Down To Make Our Point?”: Bob Owens
To The Leftists: Enjoy It While You Can: WRSA

Image: Benghazi terrorist pleads not guilty before judge (as if he has the rights of a U.S. citizen)
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QOTD: "... the GOP Establishment and their paymasters have to win every battle in order to survive. We don’t. We only have to survive as an “army in being.” We will pick off incumbents (Cantor and Bennett) and prevent the elevation of establishment cronies (Dewhurst and Crist) and we will bleed them on a hundred battlefields in a war of attrition. The loss to senile adulterer Thad Cochran will be seen in retrospect as the time when the tide began to turn. The GOP establishment had to spend millions of dollars and they had to illegally recruit Democrat voters in order to haul Cochran’s moldering, putrescent near-corpse over the finish line. One has to wonder how many of their donors will pony up money in 2016 for another bloody round of primaries with the presidency in the balance." --Streiff

Sunday, June 29, 2014

ISSA: Lerner’s Lawyer ‘Outright Lied’ to Congress

By Melissa Quinn

During separate appearances on CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley,” House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and William Taylor, former IRS official Lois Lerner’s lawyer, offered contrasting thoughts on her role in a computer crash that destroyed two years worth of emails.

The IRS notified Congress earlier this month that Lerner, former head of the Internal Revenue Service’s tax exempt division, and several other agency employees lost emails between January 2009 and April 2011 — the time period during tea party groups were subject to additional scrutiny by the IRS — due to a computer crash. In addition, hard drives housing those emails were destroyed after computer specialists rendered them irretrievable.

Issa accused Lerner’s attorney, Taylor, of having “said things and been not correct, or disingenuous, or outright lied a number of times” during a discussion about the lack of printed copies of Lerner’s lost e-mails with CNN host Candy Crowley. Lerner, Issa said, likely “broke some laws” by providing the Department of Justice with information on tea party and conservatives groups.

Taylor, however, defended his client and accused Republicans of playing “election-year politics.”

It’s convenient to have a demon that they can create and point to,” Taylor said of the GOP’s treatment of Lerner.


Read more at Daily Signal

BOOM, BABY: Federal Court Grants Hearing on IRS Email Destruction

By Judicial Watch

IRS failed to notify Judicial Watch or the Court that it had “lost” emails in key lawsuit

(Washington, DC)Judicial Watch today filed a Motion for Status Conference, and within hours was granted a hearing in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to confer about the emails of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials, which were the subject of longstanding Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and a lawsuit, and which the IRS now claims to have “lost” (Judicial Watch v. IRS(No. 1:13-cv–1559)). The hearing is scheduled for July 10.

The emails Judicial Watch has sought since May 2013 cover portions of the same period for which the IRS on June 13, 2014, notified the House Committee on Ways and Means were lost or destroyed. Yet, according to the Motion for Status Conference, the IRS failed to notify either Judicial Watch or the court concerning the “lost” emails:

Plaintiff’s FOIA requests and the Committee’s request indisputably seek the same emails of Lois Lerner and the other IRS officials, including Nikole Flax, from January 1, 2010 to the present. Despite the obvious relevance, IRS has still not notified the Court or Plaintiff of the destruction of emails and whether the same issues relating to production of emails of Lois Lerner or the other six IRS officials exist in this lawsuit. Plaintiff only learned of the destroyed records on June 13, 2014, when the news media reported on the existence of IRS’s letter to Congress about the status of the emails.

In May 2013, Judicial Watch submitted four separate FOIA requests for IRS communications concerning the review process for organizations seeking tax exempt status. One of the FOIA requests specifically sought Lerner’s communications with other IRS employees and with any government or private entity outside the IRS regarding the review and approval process for 501(c)(4) applicants from January 1, 2010, to the present. A second request sought communications for the same time frame between the IRS and members of Congress and other government agencies, as well as any office of the Executive Branch. After the IRS failed to provide the information, Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit on October 9, 2013.

The Judicial Watch Motion for Status Conference contends that its FOIA lawsuit led to the discovery of the “lost” emails:

As revealed in the announcement by the Committee, IRS confirmed that it first knew of the lost emails in February 2014. See Exhibit 3. This was during the same time frame IRS made its first production of responsive records to Plaintiff in this case on February 26, 2014. See IRS’ Status Update Report (ECF No. 15). The timing of these events reveals that the discovery of the supposedly lost emails was triggered by this lawsuit. However, IRS has still not informed this Court or Plaintiff regarding the missing emails in this litigation.

According to the Judicial Watch Motion, the IRS subsequently may have intentionally omitted material information from the court:

DREAM TEAM: The Leaders of the Second American Revolution

An absolute must-watch video by Trevor Loudon.

So this is what I would do if were a man like Ted Cruz.

I'd want to get that coalition together now, early, before Jeb Bush gets any money and any support. I'd want to rebuild that Reagan coalition. So I'd be going to these groups right now. And the first thing I'd say to them: I'm going to run and run early.

And I'm to put Allen West on my VP ticket.

And then, for you libertarians, I'm going to make Rand Paul my Secretary of the Treasury and he can do what he damn well wants to the Federal Reserve and the IRS. He can take them down, abolish them, do what he wants.

And then you energy voters, Sarah Palin, Secretary of Energy. Drill, baby, drill, Drill in your backyard if you want to. Two dollar a gallon gas for every American family. Keystone pipeline, open it up!

Scott Walker, Secretary of Labor. Right-to-work all over, folks, every state.

Herman Cain, Secretary of Commerce. De-regulate, de-regulate, de-regulate. EPA gone, OSHA gone, the whole lot.

John Bolton, Secretary of State. Tell your enemies where to get off, rebuild your alliances.

Ambassador to the United Nations... no one.

Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of Health and Human Services. End the welfare culture in this country.

Attorney General, Mark Levin. Stick it to the vote fraudsters, people.

And for the Christians, who often don't care about politics, but they do care about the education of their children, I'd say to them: vote for me this time and we will get rid of Common Core, we're going to get rid of the Department of Education, we're going to protect your home-schooling rights because David Barton will be Secretary of Education.

You could fill the whole cabinet, folks. Fill it now.

Would you rally to a team like that? Would you get out of bed every day, can't wait to get to the phone banks, and open your checkbook, and knock on doors to get those people in power.

And wouldn't it unify the base? Because everyone's getting something. You might not like Sarah Palin, but you love Allen West. You might not like John Bolton, but you like Rand Paul.

It's inspiring, with a clear policy direction. You know what you're going to get. Because where else do you work your butts off for a nebulous promise. We don't do it in business. We don't do it in our education. We know what we're going to get. That's why we work. With this team, we will work like nothing else.

And think about it, folks. You've never had a bigger team of Constitutionalists, conservatives, and libertarians, than you have today. Far more than Reagan had. And you've got all of these millions of people just itching to save their country. You've got all of these leaders out there that can't wait to gut the federal government.

You put the base with the leaders and who is going to stand in your way? Imagine, right now, you put your eggs in one basket. And they can demonize a Mitt Romney. Try and demonize 20 hard-core, Constitutional conservatives, a bunch of Rottweilers, who don't take any crap from anyone... who are all backing each other up.

You've got a team, folks. You win football with a good team. Why not win politics that way? Because you've done it before.

You didn't have a founding father, guys. You didn't just have George Washington. You had George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Sam Adams and Benjamin Franklin and James Madison.

It was a team that won the first American Revolution and you need a team to win the Second American Revolution.

I love this idea. I love it.

Pass it on.


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Larwyn's Linx: Obama Goes Back to Phony Scandal Claims

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Nation

Obama Goes Back to Phony Scandal Claims: LI
Illness, Tight Quarters for Illegals Recipe for ‘Public Health Crisis’: Signal
Brave New Charity: The Hillary Clinton Fund for Broke Politicians: CommonCents

Barney Fife Meets Delta Force: Charles C.W. Cooke
The Blueing of Texas: iOTW
Mississippi Aftermath of The Republican Un-Civil War: Jen Kuznicki

‘Suffer Not Yourselves To Be Betrayed With A Kiss’: Camp o' the Saints
Some GOP senators reportedly uneasy with tactics in MS runoff: Hot Air
The Liberty Strategy: VARight

The Obamification Of America: Michael Reagan
My Real Life Concealed Carry Encounter: Jody Lewis
States Encourage Bilingualism, Balkanization With Diploma Seals: ABC

Economy

Multiple Democrats come up with the same “surprising” proposals: Jazz Shaw
Study: All Employment Growth Since 2000 Went to Immigrants: NRO
U.S. GDP Shrinks at Fastest Rate in 5 Years: AllGov

Scandal Central

5 Questions for Senators Mitch McConnell and Jerry Moran: Daniel Horowitz
How to Fight Back Against the GOP Establishment’s Worst Treachery Yet: Steve Deace
Walking Mistake Sebelius: “I Made Some Mistakes”: WZ

Climate & Energy

Canada pulls the plug on the U.S. Keystone Pipeline – will send oil to Asia: WUWT
Would Three 1,000-Foot Walls Tornado-Proof the Midwest?: Marfdrat
Global warming news: Parts of Lake Michigan and Superior still have temps in 30s: Marathon

Media

'Killing O'Reilly': Jason Mattera Fires Back at Bill for Condemning his Hillary Confrontation as 'Crude': GJWHG
NY Times investigation reveals NY Times did fine on IRS coverage: Hot Air
Dips*** Kook Max Brooks Compares Tea Party to... Nazis: Breitbart

World

5 New Signs of the West’s Myopia About the Jihad Threat: Robert Spencer
'Infidels must wear red collars and shave heads': 'Nazi' vision of Muslim Britain: DailyMail
Report: Israel tells U.S. it would act to save Jordan from Islamists: Haaretz

Gop: Just Say ‘No’ To Ex-Im: Larry Kudlow
Obama Isn’t an Introvert, He’s a Narcissist: Daniel Greenfield
Jews barred from African Union summit: Geller

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Facebook ran secret psychological experiments on users: iMore
Google's cardboard VR headset is no joke -- it's great for the Oculus Rift: CNet
Pley Is like Netflix for LEGO: Dave Greenbaum

Cornucopia

Actress Amy Adams Gives Soldier Her First-Class Seat: Cathy Burke
Another Day, Another Crisis: MOTUS
Why Americans Dislike Soccer: RWN

Image: Iraq receives Russian jets as it battles militants to take back Tikrit
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO OVERTURN MISSISSIPPI VOTE

QOTD: "Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Karl Rove, Thad Cochran, Haley Barbour, the NRSC, et al, must answer for this [the race-baiting ads supporting Cochran]. To say they were not involved in blatantly racist behavior is not good enough. They’ve yet to condemn this activity let alone demand that those behind it be exposed." --Mark Levin

Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Penultimate Photograph of Hillary Clinton

This gem from HopenchangeCartoons, uhm, pretty much says it all.


Doubly apropos because not only did Hillary claim to be "dead broke" when she left the White House (but somehow managed to put about a million dollars down on a loan for her mansion), but she also is believed to be the author of the Benghazi video lie.

Why is this only the "penultimate photograph"?

I still consider Monica Lewinsky's blue dress the pinnacle of Clinton hagio-photography.


Hat tip: John Jay.

I'M SURE THIS HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH OPEN BORDERS: California Claims 9 of Top 10 Cities for Car Thefts

The fact that, for the first time in history, California cities rank in 9 of the top 10 nationally for auto thefts has nothing at all to do with illegal immigration, open borders, sanctuary cities, and criminal gang-bangers entering the country.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) “Hot Spots” report examines vehicle theft data obtained from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for each of the nation’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)...


...Although California tends to place high in this report, this is the first time that California has held nine of the top 10 spots for MSAs with the highest per capita vehicle theft rates. In 2012, it held eight and in 2011, seven.

And, even if illegal immigration had something to do with this uncomfortable fact, they're doing it for love, according to Jeb Bush.

So, by all means, let's pass Amnesty and incentivize even more unvetted individuals to break into the U.S.


Hat tip: BadBlue Money News

YOU'VE GOT MAIL: NRSC Wants Your Money to Support "Proud Conservative Candidates" Like Thad Cochran

By Doug Brady

There was an interesting email in my inbox this morning:

Doug,

We have a lot of work to do in the months ahead before the midterm elections. In races across the country, there are proud conservative candidates waiting for the chance to step up and lead. And a Senate majority will do the most to deliver on our promise to lead the country back to prosperity.

But goals like this have steps along the way. That’s why I’m reaching out to you today – we are three days from the end of the month, and we could use your help to close the gap.

Meeting our monthly goals is essential to having the resources needed to compete. Senator Rob Portman has offered to triple-match your donation – which means that every dollar you donate is worth $4 to the NRSC.

Help us close the gap before the end of the month – in the next three days – with a donation of $25 or even more.

Let’s Get It Done,

Senate Republicans

In case you’re wondering, the answer is yes: The NRSC is indeed the same establishment group that spent $800,000 turning out Democrats to pick the Republican nominee in Mississippi earlier this week by, among other things, labeling the actual conservative candidate and his supporters as racists. And now they want me to give them money to help fund their efforts to employ Democrat voters — and tactics — to support "proud conservative candidates waiting for the chance to step up and lead" like … big-spending pork king Thad Cochran. I think not.


Read more at Conservatives4Palin.

Larwyn's Linx: Executive Order Amnesty: Obama to “Borrow Power” If GOP Doesn't Act

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Nation

XO Amnesty: Obama to “Borrow Power” If GOP Doesn't Act: Victory Girls
Does Barack Obama Understand The Constitution?: Rhymes
Illegal Immigration: Omitted from Boehner’s Lawsuit Against Obama: CHQ

Mexican chopper in U.S., shooting at BP agents: Events
Alexandra Pelosi: Media, Obama enabling ‘human trafficking’ at the border: Hot Air
4 myths about immigration reform destroyed by new labor study: Allen West

Isn’t it mean and hateful to deport illegal immigrants?: Matt Walsh
Obstructionism Is Patriotic: Michelle Malkin
Facing Tough Odds, Gop Had A Good Night In Colorado: RWN

We the People are NOT the Enemy!: Patrice Lewis
Warren Stepping into West Virginia Senate Battle: PJM
Ladies and Gentelmen, your #HAILSATAN Texas Democrats!: Cahnman

Economy

The Day the Democrats Took Over: Wayne Dupree
Let's talk about St. Anthony, MN's Rebekah Erler's letter to Obama: Adrienne
Blue-on-Blue: Former Obama Staffers vs. Teachers Unions: MinorityReport

Scandal Central

Clinton Adviser Lanny Davis: Time for Independent Counsel to Investigate IRS: WFB
About That ‘Server Ate My Emails’ Thing: Right Planet
Coulter: Hillary 'Rape' Tape 'Bigger Than Benghazi', Depicts Clintons as 'Con Artists': Breitbart

The sleeper case that could bust open the IRS scandals: Thomas Lifson
Is Lois Lerner Guilty of Treason?: CHQ
Daily Mail: Race-baiting against Chris McDaniel point back to Haley Barbour and his nephew: Scoop

Climate & Energy

The Jailbird Architect Of Obama’s Global Warming Plan: RWN

Media

Stephanopoulos to Obama: Are You 'Disappointed' in Americans for Losing Confidence in You?: MRC
NYT Admits: 'Somewhat Late' on IRS Story, But Editor Swears 'We've Paid Copious Attention': MRC
Coca-Cola Releases “Happy Ramadan!” Ad – Video 6/26/14: FreeLight

Bill Maher: "My Advice to Hillary -- Just Go Away": Breitbart
Is the Media Turning on the Clintons?: Onan Coca
The Mississippi GOP primary in Two Sentences: DTG

World

Reagan 1987: "Tear down this wall!" Obama 2014 "Tear down this border fence!": Marathon
Iraqi Christian Commits Suicide After ISIS Rapes Wife, Daughter for Failing to Pay Sharia Tax: WZ
Isis Hoodies and T-Shirts For Sale Online As Islamist 'Brand' Goes Global: Tom Porter

How The Palestinians And The Left Are Celebrating The Israeli Kidnappings: JoshuaPundit
Sleep well, America: Obama reveals U.S. foreign policy derailed by World Cup soccer: Hot Air
Another Ghost Town in China, This Time a Replica of Manhattan: Mish

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google will pay for coding lessons for thousands of female tech workers: Engadget
MonkeyParking says SF shut-down demand is bananas: IT News
Microsoft Admits Communications, Tech Problems During Office 365 Outages: CIO

Cornucopia

Analysis: U.N. Assets Will Be Deployed in USA To Resolve “International Crisis” On Border: Dave Hodges
Obama's Biggest Disappointment: GJWHG
Prof. Nick Johnson on the right to arms: David Hardy

Image: How The Palestinians And The Left Are Celebrating The Israeli Kidnappings
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: SCF: Comments on the U.S. Senate Election in Mississippi

QOTD: "We have Obama because of the establishment. Those of you who still can’t see that are admitting to blindness while asking us to follow your lead.

There is absolutely no honor in supporting a team whose management refuses to make changes when better position players come along. Worse still, they actively look to injure said players while lecturing us about the importance of team. So for people who keep crying that we “Teasters” are “sore losers,” let me just say that we seldom hear the same charges when the “hard-nosed politicians who know how to play the game right” reject the wills of their supposed constituencies. Or maybe I’m just imagining Murkowsky or Lugar or Specter or Crist or Castle or Rove, etc." --Jeff Goldstein

Friday, June 27, 2014

TRIVIA QUESTION: How Many Stuntmen Were Killed During the Filming of The Road Warrior?

If you haven't seen the film Road Warrior at least a dozen times, I'm guessing you're a Soviet sleeper spy. The movie depicts a dystopian future in which gasoline is among the most precious of commodities and vicious gangs roam the land. In other words, somewhat like Chicago, but with fewer guns.

In any case, watching the vicious chase scenes, fight scenes, and crazy stunts, I got myself to wondering: how many people were killed filming this insanely awesome movie?


There were rumors that at least one stuntman died, however:

Steve Bisley denied this "myth" in a Japanese motorcycle magazine interview, which was held about ten years ago. He claimed that two stunt men were injured during the film shoot, but none of them sustained serious injuries. He also noted that this "myth" maybe created by the film's distributor as a promotional purpose.

Some cool facts about the set:

Stunt coordinator Max Aspin broke his leg during a stunt and was unable to return to the production...

...There were over 80 custom vehicles made for this movie. More than half got demolished...

For one of the explosions, airlines were notified and all the mines in the area were closed. Director George Miller: “I remember the shockwaves. They were huge.”

There were over 200 stunts performed in this movie...

Costume designer Norma Moriceau was inspired by an S&M leather shop near her home in Sydney.

Since it's on the Internets, all of this has gotta be true.


Hat tip: BadBlue Car News.

IRS FINALLY ADMITS: Uhhh, Yeah, Uhhh... Actually... There Was a Smidgen of a Scandal, Dude.

By Investor's Business Daily

Scandal: The Internal Revenue Service admits it broke the law after an organization whose private tax data are illegally shared with an ideological competitor wins its lawsuit. So who is going to prison for this federal crime?

If IRS Commissioner John Koskinen wants to know which criminal statutes have been broken, he might try reading about one in the morning newspapers, the same place President Obama gets his information about the "phony scandal" du jour.

The National Organization for Marriage has been awarded a $50,000 settlement from the IRS after the agency admitted wrongdoing in leaking the organization's 2008 tax return and the names and contact information of major donors. The information was forwarded from the IRS to the pro-gay marriage group Human Rights Campaign. That group then posted the data on its website during the 2012 presidential campaign. Unauthorized dissemination of such information is a felony.

At that time, Joe Solmonese, a left-wing activist and Huffington Post contributor, was the president of the Human Rights Campaign. Solmonese also became a 2012 Obama campaign co-chairman. As Matthew Boyle has reported at Breitbart News, this information was used to attack Mitt Romney during the election campaign, according to the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes Obama's stance on gay marriage.

The Huffington Post used the leaked documents in a story questioning Romney's support for traditional marriage. The documents showed Romney donated $10,000 to the National Organization for Marriage.

Names and addresses of National Organization for Marriage donors — contained in a Form 990 Schedule B, which the organization is required to file with the IRS but is not public information — were to be used in the kind of bullying campaign commonly employed by liberal groups.

The prospect of donor names and addresses being made public is also useful in drying up financial support for conservative groups.