Monday, September 15, 2014

Obama pledges support for Iran's puppet regimes

By Clare M. Lopez

In a prime time address to the nation on the eve of 11 September 2014, President Obama pledged an expanded U.S. effort to destroy the Islamic State (IS), which he still calls “ISIL” (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant). American air power, stepped-up training for anti-Assad Syrian jihadis (which he calls “moderate rebels”), an additional $25 million in financial aid to Baghdad, and partnership with “a broad coalition” (that currently consists of 9 countries) comprise the key elements of the new military campaign.

Given that the only territory IS currently threatens are the regimes of two Iranian puppets – one in Baghdad, one in Damascus – Obama’s announcement in effect amounts to a renewed U.S. commitment to support Tehran’s grip on regional hegemony. The nuclear talks about how quickly the U.S. will accede to the Iranian bomb resume in another week.

Remarkably, the president opened his remarks with the rather preposterous claim that “ISIL is not Islamic.” Now, Obama himself has admitted in his autobiography “Dreams From My Father” that he “made faces during Quranic studies.” Still, it might be expected that he retained something of those madrassa lessons—or at least that White House advisors (not the Muslim Brotherhood ones, though) would have steered him away from such an egregious misstatement.

How Democrats Destroyed the Senate to Stack the Federal Courts with Radical Leftists

by Elizabeth Slattery

In President Barack Obama’s second term, the Senate has confirmed more than twice the number of judicial nominees than were confirmed in President George W. Bush’s second term. This is due mostly to the fact that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., succeeded in eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominees (excluding the Supreme Court, at least for now) in November 2013.

In this post-filibuster world, it’s a relatively easy task to push through almost any nominee—even those (such as now-First Circuit Judge David Barron) who were opposed by some Democrats. But Republicans could stop this trend if they take the Senate in the upcoming election.



Read more at The Daily Signal.

GREAT NEWS: Andrew Cuomo and New York Democrats Have a Plan to Grant Voting Rights to Illegal Aliens

By Rusty Weiss

Democrats in New York are pushing for – and openly hoping for – a chance to grant citizen and voting rights to illegal immigrants, making the Empire State a sanctuary state.

A bill titled the New York Is Home Act, discussed here at the Mental Recession back in June, has received little attention from the media because it seems so far-fetched. In fact, we personally had a reporter from ABC News respond to an e-mail asking if illegals were being given a path to citizen and voting rights through the municipal ID program, scoffing at the suggestion.

Admittedly, even during our report we also scoffed at the idea, saying the New York Is Home Act has “no chance of passing.”

Unfortunately, that may not be true after all. And the New York Post has caught on:

Illegal aliens in New York could score billions in Medicaid and college tuition money — along with driver’s licenses, voting rights and even the ability to run for office — if Democrats win control of the state Senate in November, The Post has learned.

A little-known bill, dubbed “New York is Home,” would offer the most sweeping amnesty available anywhere in the country to nearly 3 million noncitizens living in the Empire State.

It would bar police from releasing any information about them to the feds, unless it involves a criminal warrant unrelated to their immigration status.

Larwyn's Linx: Even in time of war, it's all about the Barack Obama soap opera

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Nation

Even in time of war, it's all about the Barack Obama soap opera: John Hayward
Obama’s Untruth, Inc.: Victor Davis Hanson
Obama’s ship is sinking: Michael Goodwin

Uh oh: Democrat Harkin says Hillary's fingerprints "all over Obamacare": Scoop
Hillary Clinton -- Faux Woman of The People: Rhymes
“Obamacare has destroyed my family”: PW

“Cruz’s action was an act of moral leadership”: LI
Another ISIS Beheading…Another Day On The Golf Course: GWP
Militia Threatens to Block Traffic at International Bridges: RWN

Chris Christie’s War on Women and the Second Amendment: RS
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick’s (D-AZ) campaign float spurns U.S. flag for Mexico's: RS
Socialist Bernie Sanders Considering 2016 Run as Democrat: Politico

Economy

FOMC Preview: More Tapering: CalcRisk
The Latest Action of Teacher's Unions: Ban Them: Karl Denninger
Sears: The end is coming soon: John Ruberry

Scandal Central

R.I.P. the United States of America Unless Republicans Take the Senate: Sara Noble
Sotomayor Fears Drones Yet Votes To Strip Citizenry Of Arms: Tony Oliva
DOJ, Democrat Elijah Cummings spin together for the IRS: LI

Emerson on Fox with Judge Pirro: How the US is Manipulating the Truth on Radical Islam: IPT
Bombshell Emails: WH, Dept. of Labor Hid Illegal Obama Fundraiser Hilda Solis’ Schedule: DC
Connect the dots: Obama met with cleric who supports Hezbollah on 9/11: Allen West

Climate & Energy

DHS: EMP threat ‘very much on our radar screen’: Josh Peterson
Plunging Oil Prices Are a Geopolitical Boon for the U.S.: AmInt
Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Levels, Scientists Blame Extra Ice on Warming (Of Course): Lid

Media

The Liberal Gilded Age: WFB
NBC Laments Hillary May Not Be Liberal Enough For Dems in 2016: MRC
Progs Have a Secret Weapon to Win the Midterms: Scoop

Monogamy is unnatural: Matt Walsh
Sudden Onset Lesbian Syndrome: R.S. McCain
ABC’s Karl: ‘Is Hillary Clinton…Too Hawkish’ For Democrats In 2016?: MRC

Is The Democrat Party Proud of its History of Slavery & Segregation?: RS
NBC’s idea of home invasion defense: Bug spray, treat burglar ‘like royalty’: Unyielding
After Kelly File Interview, CAIR Flack Compares Fox News Viewers to ISIS: Tim Graham

World

Saddam Hussein's Ghost: Michael Weiss
The Headchopper Next Door: Daniel Greenfield
Even Senile Old Harry Reid Knows Hamas is just as bad as ISIS: Hayom

Barack Obama’s Biggest Lie: Roger L. Simon
Congress Must Reject President Obama’s Plan for the Syrian Rebels: Erick Erickson
“Best Military Advice” on Plan to Defeat ISIS Rejected by Obama: RWN

Kerry Goes To Cairo To Round Up Support For The “Optical War” On NI-ISIS: Treehouse
A Royal Mess: Walter Russell Mead
How’s that “Opposite World” Working Out For You?: MOTUS

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The NSA and GCHQ Campaign Against German Satellite Companies: The Intercept
The Mathematics of Ebola Trigger Stark Warnings: Act Now or Regret It: Wired
Predicting and Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease with Google Earth: SingularityHub

Cornucopia

NYC Muslim Day Parade 2014: Urban Infidel
Star Trek’s U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop: AirSpaceMag
Thirteen Year Mystery of Wedding Photo Found in 9/11 Rubble Has Amazing Conclusion: FNI

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QOTD: "Even if Scotland stays in [the UK], the British political establishment has been tried and found wanting in this referendum; unfortunately it is not alone. The leaders of the European Union have conspicuously and repeatedly failed to master the vital and urgent issues that confront them. The euro has ruined and embittered a third of the European Union; populist movements of protest and resistance are bringing fascism back from the grave in more than one country. Outside, the enemies of every European ideal are gathering strength; inside, voters across Europe increasingly find the post-War social-democratic order bland, remote, and overbearing. Meanwhile, the European political class has been less concerned to fill key posts with the right people than with people of the right gender; as an obscure ancient sage once put it, they tithe mint and dill and cumin while neglecting the weightier matters of the law.

The fecklessness, alas, does not stop at the Atlantic. As the Washington political class gazes listlessly at the near-collapse of our foremost ally, and at the accelerating decline and decoherence of the region upon which we most rely (if most take for granted) in preserving world order, what has been our response? The State Department clings to legalistic pronouncements that Scottish independence in an internal United Kingdom matter. President Obama visited the UK for the NATO summit, but spent more time visiting Stonehenge than making the case to Scots and others that our work is not done in this world and that these are dangerous times in which the west needs to stick together.

If the President of the United States doesn’t make the case for the pillars of the international order—NATO, the EU, and, yes, even the integrity of the UK—it’s not clear who else can or will. What is clear is that if the case isn’t made and made well, even the most basic institutions on which we all rely will gradually and inexorably decline and, in due course, fall apart." --Walter Russell Mead

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Some interesting advice for would-be law students

Erin Fuchs at Business Insider relays an interview with a 28-year old law school grad. He attended a top 20 law school but was unable to find attendant employment. Now he's saddled with $200,000 in debt, makes $45,000 a year, and lives with his parents.

What caught my attention is some advice for those considering law as a profession.

What kind of advice would you have for somebody who's applying to law school?

If you absolutely must go to law school even given the barrage of negative economic data about the legal industry and law school grads, there are only three reasons to go to law school: (1) the law school you were accepted to is named Harvard, Yale, or Stanford; (2) you got a full or very nearly-full scholarship; or (3) you have a family member or close friend who can 100% guarantee you a secure lawyer position.

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Did you think you'd end up making more money since you went to a top 20 school?

HELPFUL INFOGRAPHIC: How to Make Moonshine

The helpful jugheads at Sloshspot have published a short article and infographic for those inclined to DIY.


Hat tips: Prepography and BadBlue Prep.

COMMON CORE EXPOSED: Marxism, America Hatred, and Pornography Packaged Up for Your Kids

By Sara Noble

“Did you know that ‘our bodies, being products of eating, are immoral by essence’, and ‘consumption not only bites the world but lessens the leftovers for everyone else’? [...] “procreation has become an unintentional act of aggression against the fellow multitudes already cramming the planet.” ~ from The American Experience, a propagandized high school literature text

Leftist revisionist history is seen through a negative, bleak, self-flagellating prism and it is now permeating our schools thanks to Common Core.

Periodically, I post an article about one of the texts or supplementary materials being used under Common Core that promote propaganda, and anti-American ideas. America Now is one such book.

America Now by Robert Atwan is a book of essays from recent periodicals, which is being used in AP English classrooms in numerous high schools and in undergraduate college classes throughout the nation. It is Common Core aligned. It is typical of the type of indoctrination that is becoming part and parcel of the Core. It has less to do with English than it has to do with perpetuating the leftist vision of America – the new America, America Now!

America now is an America that abandons traditional America and takes up a new, improved Leftist America. Common core is the vehicle by which this new America can be rapidly and widely spread.

Parading around as English literature, it is simply leftist propaganda. The theme capitalism is evil runs throughout.

Big Government and government agencies are extolled. The rich are demonized, Southern people are demeaned, man is described as too costly, man is an agent of destruction on earth, and illegal immigration is promoted.

Happiness is something to be attained by adapting to the Marxist perspective.

A telling quote from the book: “One cure–for those who feel that their pursuit of happiness has been sent on a long detour through the labor camps of American and international capitalism–is the institution of a government department that has as its only priority the happiness of all Americans.”

Another article, on the sticky post on our front page, deals with yet another vile, unAmerican book called The American Experience.

Larwyn's Linx: Coalition of the Unwilling

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Nation

Coalition of the Unwilling: Mark Styen
The utter failure of our political class to respond to mortal danger: James Lewis
Dem Congressman Says 40 ISIS Terrorists Have Returned to U.S.: Sara Noble

Obama’s actions lost Iraq and gave rise to ISIS: Flopping Aces
President Obama Over-Ruled His Commanders on Ground Troops: Rich Lowry
The unWar with the non-Islamic Islamic State: PW

Nancy Pelosi Just Might Be Insane: Bryan Preston
Crazy Things Progressives Believe: Clarice Feldman
Snowden Helped Russia Invade Ukraine: Cliff Kincaid

Economy

Inflation Watch: How Much $1 Used To Get You!: ZH
The Fed Has A Big Surprise Waiting For You: ZH
This photo will mean absolutely nothing to college students: LI

Scandal Central

Our Politically Correct Army: Too Many Combat Leaders are White: RWN
Amnesty With Open Borders Equals National Suicide: CFP
Foley family threatened with terrorism charges by Obama regime: FAM

Hillary State Department can't account for $6 billion in last 6 years: Lee Cary
Should one man’s money be able to buy the rights of a nation?: Bearing Arms
Fire Department Chief Denounces Displays of Patriotism as “Racist”: MB

Climate & Energy

New all-time satellite-era record for Antarctic sea ice extent: WUWT
EPA faces '14 accusations on ethanol: Tim Devaney, The Hill
Wise criticizes EPA carbon crackdown: Atlanta Business Chronicle

Media

After 30 Years Of Lies, NY Times Admits “Assault Weapons Are A Myth”: Bob Owens
Feminism: The Final Solution?: R.S. McCain
Update From the Futile Search For Liberal Left Consistency: Gay Patriot

The Palin Family's Side of the Anchorage Brawl Story: Scott Conroy
W Spelled It All Out for Anyone Interested: MB
Priceless Pic Of The Day: Little Girl’s Reaction To Hillary Clinton: WZ

World

ISIS sets fire to Iraq’s largest oil refinery: LI
Obama’s Syria Problem: Keith Koffler
Al-Qaida's Syrian cell alarms U.S.: MarineTimes

Chinese See War With Japan as Inevitable: Walter Russell Mead
A Legacy of Failure: Klaus Rohrich
Syrian rebels Obama wants to arm have signed a non-aggression pact with ISIS: Scoop

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Sharing Economy: Frank Diana
Caught On Tape: Uber X's Latest Driver, Deadmau5 Taking Fares In His $300,000 Mclaren 650S: ZH
US Navy Tests Exoskeleton to Boost Worker Strength and Productivity: SingularityHub

Cornucopia

12 Reasons Shane is the Best Walmart employee ever: MadWorld
Hey Remember When I Said We Shouldn't Take Pleasure In Someone Else's Humiliation?: Ace
Veteran thrown out of Subway Restaurant in Paterson, New Jersey because of service dog: ABC-13

Image: Ramirez Cartoons
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QOTD: "In a stunning op-ed released Friday, the NY Times finally admitted that “assault weapons” are a made-up political term fabricated by anti-gun Democrats.

Op-ed writer Lois Beckett also admitted that once the term was manufactured and used to outlaw a class of weapons that dishonest anti-gun Democrats had used to con an entire nation, nothing happened...

...The op-ed concludes that violent homicides are primarily a poverty issue disproportionately concentrated among small groups of particularly violent young men, a stunning and rare admission that poverty and the drug trade are the primary problem driving murder, not access to firearms.

Don’t expect this sort of stunning admission of the facts to mark a change in cover from the Times, however. The brief bout of lucidity will quickly fade behind the veil of Alzheimer’s liberalism, and we’ll hear the rest of the deranged gaggle of op-ed writers to quickly fall back into the mantra of “Guns are bad, the NRA is evil, we need more taxes, government, citizen control, etc.”

Still… it’s nice to see that every once in a while a real and honest thought can escape from the morass of Manhattan, however fleeting that honest thought may be." --Bob Owens

Saturday, September 13, 2014

CHARTER-GATE: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Billed Taxpayers for 136 Campaign Events

New Orleans' local birdcage liner -- The Times-Picayune -- covers the almost unbelievable skulduggery practiced as a matter of course by the Obama sychophant known as Mary "Landfill" Landrieu.

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu on Friday released the findings of an internal investigation into her travel that found more than $33,700 in campaign flights were charged to her Senate account.

The report found 136 campaign functions were conducted during 43 trips paid for by the Senate office dating back to 2002...

The plane controversy has given Republican challengers Rep. Bill Cassidy and Rob Maness ammunition to hound Landrieu as the highly competitive race enters the final few weeks...

Cassidy's campaign questioned what might be found in the travel records between 1997 and 2002.

"Sen. Landrieu cites a rule change in 2002, but prior to that, it was also illegal to bill taxpayers for private flights. Given Sen. Landrieu's own admission of faulty oversight, how do taxpayers know that problems did not exist prior to 2002?" said Cassidy spokesman John Cummins.

Maness called both Cassidy and Landrieu "creatures of Washington" and said the plane controversy highlighted how out of touch Washington representatives are with the real world.

Landrieu's top five fun Charter-gate facts?

  • 1 out of every 10 travel dollars spent by Landrieu was improperly charged to taxpayers.
  • In total, 43 flights were found to have been improperly charged to taxpayers.
  • Landrieu’s campaign said the report would be available before Sept. 8 when the Senate came back into session, but instead released it 4 days late... in a Friday afternoon news dump.
  • Landrieu’s campaign said that all 17 years of her Senate travel records would be reviewed, but today’s report only goes back to 2002 – 5 years are still unaccounted for.
  • Landrieu told reporters when she qualified for the ballot that the taxpayer money spent on private flights wasn’t “going send anyone to college. It's not going to build any levees. It's not going to help people pay their flood insurance.”

And what does the Obama lackey Landrieu blame her "oversight on?

Of course: "sloppy book keeping."

You guys know that I am no fan of establishment Republicans, but this Democrat carbon footprint needs to go in November.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

The Government and Corporate Media vs. Economic Reality

By Jim Quinn

I never believe government manufactured numbers. They will always be adjusted, massaged, and manipulated to achieve a happy ending for the propagandists attempting to control and fleece the sheep. Yesterday, the government produced retail sales numbers for August that were weak and the corporate MSM propaganda machine immediately threw up bold headlines declaring how strong these numbers were. Positive stories were published on the interwebs and Wall Street hack economists were rolled out on CNBC, where the bubble headed bimbos and prostitutes for the status quo like Jim Cramer and Steve Liesman declared the recovery gaining strength. Woo Hoo.

If everyone else is whipping out that credit card, why aren’t you? Credit card debt has reached a new post recession high. They tell me consumer confidence is soaring. Forget about the 92 million working age Americans supposedly not in the labor force. Forget about real household income hovering at 1999 levels. Forget about median household net worth still 30% lower than 2007. Forget about what you see with your own two eyes in malls, strip centers and office parks as you motor around our suburban sprawl empire of debt. Those Store Closing, Space Available, and For Lease signs mean nothing.

I didn’t get a chance to peruse the commerce department drivel until this morning. They put out unadjusted data and adjusted data. Shockingly, the adjusted data is always rosier than the unadjusted data. I wonder why? I can understand the rationale for adjusting month to month data due to holidays and calendar events. But I still don’t trust the adjustments. There should not be a major difference when comparing year over year data. The adjusted data should reflect the same relationship to the unadjusted data on a year over year basis. Well guess what? It appears our friendly government drones may be pumping the current data to give the appearance of recovery. Here are my observations after taking a look at the government propaganda report:

  • The unadjusted retail sales were only 3.2% higher than last August. Considering government reported inflation of 2%, that is a pretty shitty result. But have no fear. The “ADJUSTED” retail sales for August were 5.0% higher than last August. WTF? Guess which number gets reported to the sheep?

Mark Zuckerberg is "well aware that furthering and allowing terrorist death threats ... on Facebook increases readership"

By Larry Klayman

When thinking of Mark Zuckerberg, the words that come to one’s mind may include computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, billionaire and, of course, co-founder and CEO of Facebook. When I think of Mark Zuckerberg, I think of greedy, disloyal, villain and terrorism-furthering prostitute. Let me explain.

As depicted in the movie “The Social Network,” Zuckerberg infamously stepped on the toes of the very people who helped him rise to the top for his own financial gain. For example, Zuckerberg settled with the “Winklevoss twins” after they sued Zuckerberg for ripping off their idea to program a social networking site they had founded called ConnectU, before Zuckerberg launched Facebook. In another example, Zuckerberg outlined in an email his plan to dilute co-founder Eduardo Savarin’s shares down from more than 30 percent without modifying the stakes that were held by other shareholders. (See “6 People Mark Zuckerberg burned on his way to the top” by Courtney Palis, Huffington Post, May 17, 2012.) This sort of “toe-stepping” is only the beginning and hardly a taste of Zuckerberg’s less-than-credible, money-hungry reputation. My next example is far more serious.

Due to the lack of liability attached to Internet entities, such as Facebook, for permitting and furthering terrorist conduct on their forums, terrorists groups are using the network to grow much stronger. As outlined in my lawsuit against Facebook and Zuckerberg, I came across the “Third Intifada Page” on Facebook. The page, which had over 300,000 followers, contained terrorist death threats and calls to carry out said death threats against all Jews. As a person of Jewish origin and pro-Israel activist with a highly public opposition to radical Islam, I feared an imminent attack to cause me severe bodily harm or even death. My fears were justified because I received death threats as a result of the page. Consequently, I, along with the public diplomacy minister of Israel, simply asked Facebook to take down the page. Facebook refused, and as a result, Jews actually DIED. The page remained on Facebook for a staggering two weeks!

Larwyn's Linx: The Obama Bomb

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Nation

The Obama Bomb: David Solway
The Immigration Problem: What Are The Health Risks?: Dr. Elaina George
Sotloff and Foley families threatened with prosecution by State Dept.: WZ

Zuckerberg Pushes Amnesty at Billionaire's Event in Mexico: Breitbart
Pelosi Predicts Obama Will Deliver A Holiday Surprise On Immigration: LoneCon
Homeland Security chief drops amnesty bombshell: WND

Holder’s Aide Exposes DOJ’s Conspiratorial Dealings: Sara Noble
Refusing Submission: Mark Tapson
Who’s Behind Push to Give Illegal Aliens Driver’s Licenses-in TX?: Bryan Preston

Harry Reid’s plan to hand America to liberal billionaires: Matthew Continetti
Dem Runs Scared From GOP Challenger, Refuses Live Debate: WFB
Local legislators squash gun-grabbers, override governor’s veto: BPR

Economy

Anti-Americanism, Marxism, Pedophilia Now Available in Classrooms: Sara Noble
Mob Rule Economics: Thomas Sowell
Militia Threatens to Block Traffic at International Bridges: KRGV

Scandal Central

Mary Landrieu Illegally Charged Taxpayers For 43 Private Flights: HayRide
Patriots Vow to Fight on for Benghazi Answers: FPM
Three New Lawsuits against Obama Administration for Records Relating to Benghazi Attack: JW

Military source: ISIS hostages dispersed after revelation of Foley rescue mission: Fox
Brendan Tevlin, American Teenager, 1 of 4 Americans Killed In U.S. By Jihadi Killer: WZ
Senate hearing on police militarization reveals DHS is completely out of touch with reality: PrivacySOS

Media

Who Killed The American Family?: Richard A. Viguerie
Liberal Beltway Elitist Bruce Ackerman apparently misses him some George W Bush right now: Moe Lane
Triple-Amputee Veteran’s Scathing 9/11 Open Letter to Obama: MadWorld

Oh, by the way: The GOP suddenly has a lead on the generic ballot — and it’s growing: Hot Air
Sharyl Attkisson nails it on Benghazi: Where was POTUS?: Twitchy
What Is Not Being Said Publicly: Ebola Virus’s Hyper-Evolution is Unprecedented: Mac Slavo

World

Question for the State Department: Isn’t Obama waging preemptive war in Iraq now?: Hot Air
Israel will fight IS, if group reaches Jordan, Israeli official says: BCF
Palestinian Paper: Obama Has Committed More Crimes Than All White Presidents Combined: GWP

Report: Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) split woman in two with cars, buries non-Muslims alive: Pamela Geller
Connect the dots: Obama met with cleric who supports Hezbollah on 9/11: Allen West
Prosecutors need more time to prepare case against Benghazi suspect: Allen West

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google changes stance on net neutrality four years after Verizon deal: Ars Technica
Why Email Is Worth Saving: Daniel Ingevaldson, Dark Reading
Lakeland Industries Announces Global Availability of Hazmat Suits for Ebola: PR Newswire

Cornucopia

To War Or Not To War: MOTUS
I've Always Been Confused When I Heard The Word Service...: Feral Irishman
Can You Legally Make Your Rifle Full Auto?: John Hawkins

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QOTD:

"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently considering how to best protect an open Internet, and the stakes are higher than ever.

Our values remain the same: The Internet should be competitive and open.

That’s how it works today and how it has always worked. It’s a level playing field, where new entrants and established players can reach users on an equal footing. If Internet access providers can block some services and cut special deals that prioritize some companies’ content over others, that would threaten the innovation that makes the Internet awesome.

The Internet was designed to empower people.

To get online, you need to use an Internet access provider. But once you’re online, you decide what to do and where to go. Anyone, anywhere can share their opinions freely – and any entrepreneur, big or small, can build, launch and innovate without having to get permission first.

We believe that consumers should continue to enjoy open on-ramps to the Internet.

That means no Internet access provider should block or degrade Internet traffic, nor should they sell ‘fast lanes’ that prioritize particular Internet services over others. These rules should apply regardless of whether you’re accessing the Internet using a cable connection, a wireless service, or any other technology.

Earlier this year, we joined with other Internet companies calling on the FCC to preserve the open Internet, and today people across the Internet are making their voices heard about this important issue."

--Google

Friday, September 12, 2014

HISTORIC: The National Organization (of Ugly) Women Hall of Fame Awards (cc: @stephenasmith)

It's another @BiffSpackle exclusive!



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OFFICIALS WITHOUT VIRTUE: Eric Holder's DOJ Conspires with House Oversight's Elijah Cummings in Massive IRS Cover-Up

By Investor's Business Daily

IRS: An aide to the attorney general accidentally calls the office of the House Oversight Committee chairman, asking for help in spinning the defense of the agency whose head just said they obey the law when they can.

We have commented many times of the all-too-cozy relationship between the IRS and Democratic members of the House and Senate, with members writing to the agency demanding that specific conservative groups and political action committees they find particularly irritating be subject to the "special scrutiny" that the Tea Party and other conservative and religious groups were subjected to in the ongoing scandal.

Of particular interest to us has been Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member on Rep. Darrell Issa's House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, who has made every effort to keep the committee from finding out the true extent of IRS corruption and abuse of power in its targeting of conservatives.

PERFECT: Obama's New Policies Enable ISIS Terrorists to Legally Immigrate to the U.S. -- and Collect Welfare

By Michael Snyder

Did you know that one of the Americans that was recently killed fighting for ISIS once cleaned planes at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport? His name was Abdirahmaan Muhumed, and he was a Somali refugee. Since 1975, more than 3 million refugees have been resettled in cities in the United States, and thanks to the Obama administration an increasing percentage of those refugees are Muslim. As you will read about below, Obama has even made it possible for refugees that have given only “limited material support” to terrorists to come to America. The Obama administration says that it is still trying to keep full-blown terrorists from entering the country, but it has become exceedingly clear that administration officials aren’t exactly into that whole “border security” thing. And once refugees arrive in the United States, they are fully eligible for food stamps, Medicaid, housing assistance and a whole host of other welfare programs. So if you are a jihadist and you want to move to the United States legally, all you have to do is claim to be a “refugee” and you might just find that the red carpet gets rolled out for you.

THE UNITED NATIONS: "The Leading Global Purveyor of Anti-Semitism"

By Adam Kredo

A leading human rights advocate accused the United Nations and its member nations of being “the leading global purveyor of anti-Semitism” and “inciting murderous intolerance towards” Jewish people during an unprecedented speech Monday at the international body’s headquarters in New York City.

Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust (IHRH), stood before the U.N. and lambasted it for fanning the flames of global anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, according to a copy of her remarks.

Bayefsky delivered her rebuke during an informal briefing on the threat anti-Semitism poses to international peace and security that was organized on the sidelines of the U.N. by the permanent mission of Palau.

While the briefing took place within the U.N.’s walls—and was attended mainly by members of the public and outside organizations—it was not formally sponsored by the international organization, leading Bayefsky to launch a scathing criticism.

“The U.N. is not having a conference on the threat that global anti-Semitism poses to international peace and security,” she said. “This is lunch-time. The courageous organizer, assisted by the principled representatives of the small state of Palau, is independent of the U.N. The facilities are not free.”

“But why couldn’t the U.N., founded on the ashes of the Jewish people, and presently witnessing a widespread resurgence in anti-Semitism, sponsor a conference on combating global anti-Semitism?” Bayefsky asked. “The answer is clear: Because the United Nations itself is the leading global purveyor of anti-Semitism.”

The Islamic State's Real Goal

By Claude Salhani


For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive and prosper it knew from the outset that it had no choice but to set its sights on the ultimate prize: the oil fields of Saudi Arabia.

It is in that direction that the battle for control of the world's largest oil fields is currently heading.

Islamic State -- which has its origins in al-Qaeda – knows fully well that in order to sustain itself as a viable and lasting religious, political, economic and military entity in the region, it has to follow the same objectives established by al-Qaeda when Osama bin Laden broke off his relations with the Saudi monarchy and vowed to bring down the House of Saud.

Bin Laden's ire at the Saudi monarchy stemmed from the fact that Saudi King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud invited the American military to use Saudi Arabia as a staging area to build up forces to take on the then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after Iraqi troops occupied Kuwait in August of 1990. Bin Laden objected to the presence of "infidels" in the land of the two holy mosques, and asked the king to allow his outfit to tackle Saddam Hussein's troops.

Similarly, IS knows that it will only feel secure once Saudi Arabia is part of the Caliphate, and its oil fields are under IS control -- which is why the group has two logical next steps.

First, to capture and secure the most important country in the Muslim world: Saudi Arabia.

If the battle for Syria and Iraq attracted tens of hundreds, (some say tens of thousands) of young Muslims, the battle for control of Islam's two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, are very likely to attract many more fighters into the ranks of the Islamic State.

Larwyn's Linx: A President Surrenders

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Nation

A President Surrenders: Walter Russell Mead
Presidential Malpractice: Mona Charen
Obama Agency Won't Certify Boston Marathon Bombing a Terror Attack: MB

Ted Cruz Stands Up to ‘Hatred and Bigotry’ of Middle Eastern Christians: WFB
‘If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with you’: Moe Lane
Karl Rove is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Jen Kuznicki

Luis Gutierrez Demands Executive Amnesty by Thanksgiving: Tea Party
John Kerry warns Americans not get war fever over this non-war: Ace
Health Care Law is Obama’s Gift to GOP for 2016: Scott Rasmussen

Is the Islamic State really un-Islamic?: Jonah Goldberg
Post-9/11: Protect the Freedom To Warn: Michelle Malkin
Everyone Who Works For Obama is Scared to Say "War": Glob

Economy

250K Virginians to Lose Health Care Due to Obamacare: WS
Surprise: Post-Obamacare Deductibles Going Through The Roof: SAB
Obamacare Officials Once Recognized the Falsity of Their Current Argument: CEI

Scandal Central

CIA Emails Show Benghazi Attackers Had Man Inside: GotNews
Obama Plans To Fight ISIS By... Giving More Weapons To ISIS?: ZH
Michele Bachmann: FBI Told Me Americans Who Fight with ISIS Will Be Allowed to Return: Breitbart

Obama Propaganda Can't Keep Up With America's Economic Reality: AmSpec
Obama regime told James Foley’s mother ‘not to go to the media’: FAM
James Foley’s Mother: “Embarrassed And Appalled” By Obama Admin Efforts To Free Her Son: Surge

Climate & Energy

Michael E Mann Repudiates His Own Hockey Stick: Mark Steyn
A Government-subsidized Desert Death Ray: Norman Rogers
List of excuses for ‘the pause’ in global warming is now up to 52: WUWT

Media

Krauthammer: I Didn't Know Obama Was A Islamic Scholar: RCP
ISIS CELEBRATED the 9/11 Attack on Twitter Yesterday: John Hawkins
Lib Bill Maher Crushes Charlie Rose’s Claim Christians Are As Intolerant And Violent As Muslims: WZ

The Democrats' (and Media's) Obama Problem: Monty Pelerin
Awful. Democrats Ignore 9-11 Anniversary – Attack Republicans Instead: GWP
Obama's "not Islamic" Islamic State Claim Ridiculed: IPT

Obama Marks 9/11 Anniversary With A Picture Of . . . Barack Obama: WZ
Major Garrett to Obama’s spokesman: No, really, why should anyone watch his ISIS speech?: Hot Air
Newest Trick in War Against Israel: The Anti-Semitic Attack on Mark Levin: Thomas Rose

World

U.S. Confirms ISIL Planning Infiltration of U.S. Southern Border: WFB
Obama’s Three Fatal ISIS Delusions: Keith Koffler
Dems split on Obama's plans for ISIS: Alexandra Jaffe

ISIS Is Not Islamic?: Daniel Pipes
Kerry: U.S. not at war with ISIS: FAM
Wow! Look at all the cities controlled by ISIS-ISIL: FAM

Obama’s Iraq strategy unraveling: RS
The ‘No Strategy’ Strategy: Erick Erickson
Living in a Sharia Enclave in America: FPM

Islam and the Face of Evil (Caution: Graphic): Alan Caruba
While Obama Snoozes, Russia Is Preparing For Nuclear War With The United States: Michael Snyder
9/11 Raw Video Footage: Creeping

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

U.S. threatened Yahoo with big fines for not divulging user data: LAT
The Ozone Layer Is On The Mend: Emily Gertz
California Regulator Says Commercial Carpooling — Like What Uber and Lyft Are Doing — Isn’t Legal: Liz Gannes

Cornucopia

I Wonder What the Half-Life of ISIL is?: MOTUS
Drudge Report Finds Something Devilish In Obama Pic: WJ
Goodell pulled an Obama instead of dealing with reality: Jeff Schultz

Image: Mars rover Curiosity reaches key destination; 'new science ahead!'
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QOTD: "Those who hate Israel hate America. Those who hate Jews hate Christians. If those in this room will not recognize that, then my heart weeps. If you hate the Jewish people you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ. And the very same people who persecute and murder Christians right now, who crucify Christians, who behead children, are the very same people who target Jews for their faith, for the same reason.

...If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with you. Good night, and God bless.” --Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Thursday, September 11, 2014

SESSIONS: If Democrats Really Cared About "Paycheck Fairness", They Would Fight Illegal Immigration

By Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Earlier this week I spoke about the president’s promise that he would issue an executive amnesty to 5 or 6 million people. The planned amnesty would include work permits, photo IDs, and Social Security numbers for millions of people who illegally entered the U.S., illegally overstayed their visas, or defrauded U.S. immigration authorities.

The Senate Democratic conference has supported and enabled the president’s unlawful actions and blocked every effort to stop them. Not even one of our Democratic colleagues has backed the House legislation that would stop this planned executive amnesty or demanded that Senator Reid bring it up for a vote. Every Senate Democrat is therefore the president’s partner in his planned lawless acts.

Tonight I would like to talk about the influence of special interests on our nation’s immigration system. How did we get to the point where elected officials, activist groups, the ACLU, and global CEOs are openly working to deny American workers the immigration protections to which they are legally entitled? How did we get to the point where the Democratic party is prepared to nullify and wipe away the immigration laws of the United States of America?

Just yesterday Majority Leader Reid wrote in a tweet something that was shocking. He said: “Since House Republicans have failed to act on immigration, I know the President will. When he does, I hope he goes Real Big.”

Let this sink in for a moment. The majority leader of the Senate is bragging that he knows the president will circumvent Congress to issue executive amnesty to millions, and he is encouraging the president to ensure this amnesty includes as many people as possible. And the White House has acknowledged that 5 to 6 million is the number they are looking at.

Has one Senate Democrat stepped forward to reject Mr. Reid’s statement? Has one Senate Democrat stepped forward to say: I support the legislation passed by the House of Representatives that would secure the border and block this executive amnesty? Have they ever said they support that? Have they ever said: I will do everything in my power to see that the House legislation gets a vote in the Senate so the American people can know what is going on? No. All we hear is silence.

This body is not run by one man. We don’t have a dictator in the great Senate. Every member has a vote. And the only way Senator Reid can succeed in blocking this Senate from voting to stop the president’s executive actions is for members to stop supporting him.

Every senator needs to stand up and represent their constituents — not big business, not the ACLU, not activist groups, not political interests, but the American interests, the workers’ interests. That is what we need to expect from them, and we don’t have but a few weeks, it looks like, to get it done.

In effect, the entire Senate Democratic conference has surrendered the jobs, wages, and livelihoods of their constituents to a group of special interests meeting in secret at the White House. They are surrendering them to executive actions that will foist on the nation what Congress has refused to pass and the American people have rejected. They are plotting at the White House to move forward with executive action no matter what the people think and no matter what Congress — through the people’s House — has decided.

WARMAL COLDING STRIKES BACK: ‘Shocking’ damage from massive summer snowstorm says Calgary Mayor

Was Al Gore looking for a new mansion to purchase in Calgary?

Commuters needed hours to get to work, snow-laden tree branches groaned and snapped and thousands of people were without power Wednesday after a second major taste of winter hit Calgary with 10 days to go before summer’s end...

Trees were uprooted and roads clogged with broken branches.

The power outages, which at one point affected up to 30,000 homes and businesses, also caused traffic lights to go out.

According to Enmax, 26,000 customers are currently without power, with outages concentrated in western Calgary.


...“We are going to see some real damage and that is an extraordinary shame,” said Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who spoke at the city’s emergency operations centre... “Rush hour will be brutal, so help us spread it out by leaving work earlier or later than normal. Maybe catch a post-work movie?” he wrote on Twitter.

The amount of damage has not been assessed, he said, but he warned the cleanup wasn’t going to happen overnight.

“We don’t have a sense of it yet, but certainly, depending on the part of the city you’re in … I was shocked at the damage,” he said.

Michael "Liar, Cheat, Falsifier and Fraud" Mann (which is the nickname he prefers, I hear) could not be reached for comment at press time.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.