Sunday, September 20, 2015

These Units are New. They Look Human.

As Doug Powers relates it, Hillary's performance on Face the Nation was bug-ridden, though she has assured us she is, in fact, a human.

This appearance was sufficiently disturbing that I suspect it will boost Sanders in the polls and nudge Joe Biden just a bit closer to throwing his toupee in the ring.

More at Twitchy.
 

ANSWERING THE MEDIA’S QUESTION: Is Obama a Muslim?

By Lawrence Sellin

I do not believe Barack Obama is a Muslim, nor do I think he is a Christian, nor do I think it matters, because he is not motivated by any religious belief, but by a secular ideology.

All of his convictions and actions can be explained by a single supposition.

Obama is dedicated to the subversion of Western, in particular White European, Judeo-Christian-based democracy.

In the world today, the two strongest forces opposing Western, Judeo-Christian democracy are radical Islam and Marxism in its current manifestations.

The proponents of radical Islam and Marxism have a shared hatred of the United States as the embodiment of evil and the main impediment to the subjugation of the individual by either Sharia or the state.

In that respect, Obama's modus operandi can be considered Islamo-Marxist by embracing their methods that, he thinks, can effectively undermine American culture and weaken the ability to transmit to future generations the principles upon which the United States was founded, in order to pave the way for a new political order, his so-called fundamental transformation.

Larwyn's Linx: Why GOP Leadership Supports the Iran Deal — Follow the Money

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Nation

Why GOP Leadership Supports the Iran Deal: Follow the Money: Andrew C. McCarthy
GOP Lawmaker Said to Challenge Boehner for Speakership Next Week: Jim Hoft
When Will the GOP Start Fighting?: Dan Bongino

The American Refugee Resettlement Scam: James Simpson
When the US Isn’t Serious, Who Is?: WeaponsMan
Fiorina's False Pitch: Steve Chapman

New GOP rules designed to aid Bush are aiding Trump: Ed Straker
Covert GOP Guerrilla Tactics Have No Chance of Success: Steven Brodie Tucker
Donald Trump: 'Concealed Carry a Right, Not a Privilege': AWR Hawkins

Was Texas clock-bomb hoax targeted at mayor who opposed sharia court?: Creeping
I Pledge Allegiance To...Something: Christian Mercenary
75% in U.S. See Widespread Government Corruption: Gallup

Economy

The Fed has to deal with its own zombie apocalypse: Jeff Cox
Palo Alto Outdoes Itself: ZH
“There Was a Crooked House….”: Edward Cline

Scandal Central

The Real Story of #IStandWithAhmed: Ben Shapiro
Hillary Clinton’s aides relinquish more than 100,000 pages of emails: Times
Group unloads over delays releasing Clinton aides' email: Josh Gerstein

Climate & Energy

Moonbeam Vows to Override Democrat-Led Legislature on Warmist Cult Regulations: Rob Nikolewski

Media

Media Smears Trump, Ignores Fact That Hillary Clinton Started Birther Movement: John Nolte
The Federalist Slams the “Fact-Checkers” on Fiorina and the Planned Parenthood Videos: Patterico
Clinton returns to Sunday shows after 4 years away: Bradford Richardson

Daddy’s Boys: Gavin McInnes
Why won’t U.S. media show Muslim ‘insurgents’ making themselves at home in Europe?: BNI
Mark Levin Slams CNN, Fox News Debate Moderators for Unfair Treatment of Ted Cruz: IJR

Bill Maher Rips Liberals Upset Over Muslim Kid's Homemade Clock: ‘What if It Had Been a Bomb?’: Dave Urbanski
GOP candidate Sen. Ted Cruz: 'Our country is in crisis': Paul Egan
Ted Cruz in Michigan: 'If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide': Jonathan Oosting

World

How Many Refugees Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?: Richard F. Miniter
An unresounding victory: Richard Baehr
Israel: UN is 'ignoring Palestinian violence' on Temple Mount: Hayom

Opposition in Cuba denounces arrests and ‘social cleansing’ before Pope’s visit: Alberto de la Cruz
Obama’s Tasteless Welcome of Pope Francis: Katrina Trinko
Ahead of Xi's US Trip, China Defends Record on Human Rights: Shannon Tiezzi

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Symantec caught issuing rogue Google.com certificates: Cory Doctorow
Improved Digital Certificate Security: Google Online Security
8 excellent open source data visualization tools: OpenSource

Cornucopia

I Will Follow God: Christian Mercenary
The Caucasian's Guide To Black Barbecues: Michael Harriot
If Trump sticks to the Message and does not indulge in personal attacks, he has a winning hand: American Digest

Image: Amazing 1968 photo of Jimi Hendrix getting his hair done, reading MAD
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #RestoreTheConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "The Trump Conundrum is not only screwing up the RNC/GOPe plan, he is forcing the Wall Street, K-Street money people to rethink EVERYTHING. If they can’t control the RNC side of the equation (coin), they are only left with control over the DNC side of the equation (coin).

Within that consideration they simply cannot run the risk of having vulnerable Hillary Clinton face Donald Trump (who they don’t control).

Wall Street will force the DNC/DEMe team to get a better quality of candidate than Hillary to face Donald Trump if Wall Street is to feel more comfortable amid the inherent risk." --Sundance

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Top 20 Photos of Helpless Muslim Refugees in Europe You’ll Never See in Legacy Media

Why won't U.S. media show you how Muslim "refugees" are making themselves at home in Europe?

After all, the Democrat party is demanding that Obama bring 200,000 more of these "refugees" into American cities and towns -- at taxpayer expense. The least they could do is show you what you’ll be getting for your money.


SURPRISE: President Obama Decides to Build a Border Security Wall. Only One Problem: It’s in Africa.

By Mac Slavo

In 2005 then-Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano famously said that building a wall on the southern border of the United States to stem the flow of illegal immigration would be ineffective. “You show me a 50-foot wall and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder at the border. That’s the way the border works,” she argued.


A 7 mile stretch of President Obama’s “basically complete” border fence
That deep seeded focus on domestic security was apparently enough for President Obama to eventually appoint her as head of the Department of Homeland Security, overseeing the safety of the American people.

An actual wall designed to keep unknown individuals and potential terrorists out of the country, however, was never part of the security infrastructure and was never effectively implemented in the years following.

Because, of course, walls don’t work.

Except when you are building them in foreign countries.

Though the broader mainline media refuses to touch this story, it shows just how politicized the debate over illegal immigration in the United States has become.

JEB BUSH IN A DRESS: Top 9 Fun Facts About Carly Fiorina

Well, in truth, these are not so much "fun facts" as they are troubling evidence that Carly Fiorina is yet another establishment plant-cum-loser, one of a series employed by the Republican leadership team to diffuse grassroots support of an outside-the-system candidate like Ted Cruz (or, currently, Donald Trump). With Carly's rise in the polls, due to two solid debate performances, it's worth examining her track record to determine whether: (a) could actually win a general election; and (b) she would offer good policy solutions as a commander-in-chief.


The answer on both counts is an obvious "no". Here's why:


SHE SUPPORTS OPEN BORDERS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
In June of this year, Fiorina stated she is open to legal status for adult illegal immigrants and full citizenship for their children. During her Senate run, she endorsed the California DREAM Act, which grants in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. Furthermore, she recently stated that border walls and fences are not effective at protecting U.S. national sovereignty.

WHILE AT HP, SHE WAS IMPLICATED IN A MAJOR IRANIAN TRADE SCANDAL

Larwyn's Linx: GOPe Rule Changes and How They Impact The 2016 Presidential Primary

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Nation

GOPe Rule Changes and How They Impact The 2016 Presidential Primary: Treehouse
Irreconcilable Differences: The Z Man
Jeff Flake plays four-dimensional chess on Iran: RS

Syria just one of Obama’s foreign-policy disasters: Jonah Goldberg
Since when is it the job of Republicans to defend Obama?: Daniel Greenfield
On the Second Amendment: Donald J. Trump

The Conservative Case Against Carly Fiorina: John Hawkins
Carly Fiorina's troubling telecom past: Scott Woolley
Authentic Hillary Makes Kids Cry: Shoshana Weissmann

Ahmed Didn’t Build Clock. 1970’s Vintage Available on eBay: Tammy Bruce
Ahmed Is son of Muslim activist; knew it was going to be “suspicious": Treehouse
Second arrest in Charleston church shooting… but why?: Jazz Shaw

Economy

The typical male U.S. worker earned less in 2014 than in 1973: David Wessel
Obama's Legacy: America Plummets to 16th in Global Economic Freedom Ranking: Timothy H. Lee
Spitznagel: If Investors Thought August Was Scary, "They Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet": ZH

Scandal Central

We’ve Been Had: Muslim Kid Definitely Didn’t Make That Clock!: Sooper
You will be in compliance with correct thought or you will be terminated: iOTWreport
Primary Dealers Rigged Treasury Auctions, Investor Lawsuit Says: Bloomberg

Climate & Energy

UN Bribes Writers: Make Up A Climate Change Story; Win A Free Trip To Paris: James Delingpole
But we were promised an ice free arctic: SDA
Scientists Ask Obama To Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics: Michael Bastasch

Media

Did She Have a Tumblr Blog?: R.S. McCain
Schlafly to Rubio: Lying About Amnesty in Spanish Disqualifies You from the Presidential Race: Katie McHugh
Joy Behar Pisses Off Nurses, Offers Non-Apology: Robert Coolman

King Michael, Fighting the Tide: Bob Owens
NY Times editorial weighs in GOP debate 'crazy talk': T. Becket Adams
Suspicious Pop-Tart guns versus scientific suitcase clocks: Jeannie DeAngelis

Muslim Threatened To “Slay Infidels” In Church Massacre In Texas. Media Stayed Mum.: Bob Owens
Beltway Hacks Like Bill Kristol Are Why The GOP Needs to be Eliminated: Publius
South Park takes on Caitlyn Jenner and the PC police: C.T. Rex

World

Migrant Crisis Worsens as Hungary Defends 'Christian Culture': John J. Xenakis
Germany: Migrants' Rape Epidemic: Soeren Kern
Stephen Coughlin’s “Red Pill” Brief: CounterJihadReport

The Pontiff blames the refugee crisis on…capitalism.: Robert Spencer
The Terrorists Are Already Among Us: GoV
Refugee Crisis: Facts and Myths: GoV

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

First-of-its-kind, 3D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury: 3ders
The Terrifying Effects of 3D Printing in American Horror Story: Hannah Rose Mendoza
New Horizons Mission Beams Back Stunning New Pluto Images: Inquisitr

Cornucopia

Check Out This Student Reaction To Upcoming Visit By Donald Trump: DC Whispers
Scale Model of the U.S. Government: Bill Miller
This Ted Cruz booster is 13 and black — and just shredded Obama on clock kid: WaPo

Image: The Pontiff blames the refugee crisis on…capitalism.
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QOTD: "On Wednesday night, House Republican Conference Vice Chairwoman Lynn Jenkins, released a statement calling for the end of the 60-vote threshold, the first member of leadership to take that public stand.

“Harry Reid opened the door to this last Congress,” Jenkins said of Reid, who, as majority leader, employed the nuclear option to break the GOP filibuster of Obama’s judicial nominees. “It’s time Senate Republicans walked through that door.

“Our nation cannot afford a government continually held hostage by Democrats unwilling to hold a vote on the critical issues facing America,” Jenkins continued. “These votes are simply too important to continue to be ignored.”" -- Emma Dumain and Niels Lesniewski

Friday, September 18, 2015

IN HIS OWN WORDS: 20 Quotes by Barack Obama on Islam

The media exploded yesterday in "outrage" at Donald Trump's failure to correct a town hall questioner who accused Barack Obama of being a Muslim.

It's worth highlighting the hypocrisy of the media. After all, it was Hillary Clinton -- during the 2008 Democrat primary campaign -- who first raised suspicions that Obama was likely a crypto-Muslim.

Oh, and it wasn't Donald Trump who uttered the following public statements regarding Islam. It was Barack Obama:

1 “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”

2 “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”

3 “We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own country.”

4 “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.”

5 “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”

I HOPE YOU’RE SITTING DOWN: Obama rolls out the White House red carpet for racist, pro-cop-killing movement

By Matthew Vadum

The Obama White House rolled out the red carpet this week for leaders of the racist revolutionary Black Lives Matter movement, providing yet more confirmation that the Obama administration supports its members' increasingly violent activism.

News of the meeting comes after a Southern police chief was given the boot for posting a note critical of Black Lives Matter and of President Obama's incessant race-baiting.

Black Lives Matter is animated not only by anti-white racism but by a hatred of normal American values, including law and order. Its members denounce the U.S. for imagined institutional racism and discrimination against African-Americans. Members idolize convicted, unrepentant cop-killers Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu Jamal, both of whom are black, and have declared "war" on law enforcement. Its members openly call for police officers to be assassinated.

Black Lives Matter activist Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, a 25-year-old black man, murdered 31-year-old white Kentucky State Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder last Sunday night. Johnson-Shanks apparently committed suicide-by-cop when troopers caught up with him the next morning. The convicted felon pointed a gun at police and they shot him in self-defense. 

The White House love fest Wednesday came after several high-profile attacks on law enforcement across America.

Hillary Answers Zero Questions During Wide-Ranging CNN Interview

By Sara Noble

Wolf Blitzer interviewed Hillary Clinton for 14 minutes and managed to let her duck every question. He also didn’t ask a single follow up question. Why even bother interviewing her?

The questions she didn’t answer:

• Carly Fiorina said you lack accomplishments. What’s your biggest accomplishment as Secretary of State?

• Carly Fiorina dared you to watch the Planned Parenthood videos, have you seen them?

• Might Planned Parenthood have broken any federal laws?

• On your server, why did it take you so long to apologize?

• Why is Bernie Sanders beating you in Iowa and New Hampshire?

• Are you more qualified than Vice President Biden?

• Are you ready to accept more DNC debates?

• Will you call on the DNC to authorize more debates?

• Would you be a better president than your husband?

It would be pretty funny if she wasn’t running for president. It would be nice to find out what she thinks her biggest accomplishments as Secretary of State are.

You can see the entire video at Independent Sentinel.
 

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Jamal sends me this exceptional property listed on Zillow.

Yes, America could really be in this much trouble

Courtesy of Springer's Blog:


Just over an hour ago, Al-Reuters reported that some of the DNC's most powerful donors are sensing that Hillary is walking around with a fork in her back and that Biden needs to jump in - stat!


Hat tip: BadBlue News.
 

Larwyn's Linx: DNC moves to separate itself from Hillary Clinton’s fundraising apparatus

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Nation

DNC moves to separate itself from Hillary Clinton’s fundraising apparatus: Moe Lane
A Special Spot in Hell for Hillary Clinton: Daniel Greenfield
Hillary New Hampshire Town Hall Empty: LI

25 Million to Zero: Erick Erickson
Draft Biden Official: ‘I Am 100 Percent That Joe Is In’: Ramesh Ponnoru
Is Joe Biden really the answer to Democrats’ problems?: Jonah Goldberg

John Kasich: The Republican For People Who Hate Republicans: Erick Erickson
Carly Fiorina stood with establishment over government shutdown: Scoop
8 Rules For Right-Wing Rebels: Leslie Loftis

Muslim “Bomb-Clock” Kid’s Innocent Victim Narrative Just Imploded: MWN
Dana Perino: I Think Someone Might Run Third Party: Ace
Attackers sever fiber-optic cables in San Francisco area, latest in a string: USA Today

Economy

McConnell: Congress will “inevitably” break spending caps: RS
5th Grade Homework Assignment Tells Kids Who Creates Jobs: WZ
Scientific proof that public debate is dominated by idiots: Breitbart

Scandal Central

The Iran nuclear deal is final: RS
State Dept. requests deleted Clinton emails from FBI: Sarah Westwood
State Dept. Asked Hillary Clinton to Delete Copies of Classified Benghazi Emails Four Months Ago: JW

Elusive crime wave data shows frightening toll of illegal immigrant criminals: Malia Zimmerman
NOAA Refuse To Publish Methodology For Temperature Adjustments: Paul Homewood
State Dept. Mum On Whether Hillary Signed Important Classified Information NDA: Chuck Ross

Media

Why the Long Face?: John Kenney
Why “The View” Is Bombing: Michelle Malkin
A Pretender Tells the Truth on Pop-Music Prostitutes: Trevor Thomas

Why Did The CNN Debate Moderators Limit Time And Cut Off Ted Cruz?: WZ
Ann Coulter's Tweets Called "Anti-Semitic": Ace
Ted Cruz knows he was shut down by CNN moderators — and he knows why: BPR

World

The Islamic Basis of the Islamic State: Fjordman
A Nightmare, Reborn: GoV
Islamic State could unleash the plague and cause the Black Death 2: Express

Immigration And America’s Fair Share: BlurBrain
Probe of hero Green Beret focusing on presentation he made on Bowe Bergdahl: Times
Mexican Cartels Kidnap Children, Rip Their Hearts As They Are Still Alive: Shoebat

Of course: Obama pins blame for colossal failure of his Syrian plan on GOP and… Hillary: Doug Powers
How This US Navy Admiral Gives In to China Is Exactly What’s Wrong With US Power Today: DefenseOne
As Tensions Rise in the East, Europe’s Militaries Shop For Heavier Weapons: DefenseOne

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Will Facebook 'Like' a New Thumbs-Down Button?: Chris Preimesberger
Turning a Raspberry Pi into a portable streaming camera: Anderson Silva
Microsoft has developed its own Linux. Repeat. Microsoft has developed its own Linux: Simon Sharwood

Cornucopia

The GOP Debate: Summarized in 7 emojis in 7 seconds: MOTUS
One 9/11 survivor's experience: News Machete
Gun Free Zone: American Digest

Image: The Latest: German Says Islamic Extremists Target Migrants
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ReadyForLiberty: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "...at minimum 25 million Americans have seen Republicans debate issues, disagree, and have a Presidential primary process. The Democrats are still in hiding. The sad thing is, it has more to do with protecting one old lady too scared to answer tough questions than actually having a primary debate process." --Erick Erickson

Thursday, September 17, 2015

SMASHING THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT: Trump, Bush, Cruz and Me

Context: as has been expertly documented by The Last Refuge, the Republican establishment long ago designed and began implementing a convoluted strategy to nominate Jeb Bush and defeat Ted Cruz.


The GOP establishment (which the Refuge dubs "GOPe") devised a wide-ranging set of tactics to achieve that goal:
  1. Hidden within the massive CRomnibus bill to fund the government were obscure federal election law changes that allowed unlimited SuperPAC (large political action committees unaffiliated with specific candidates) contributions.
  2. They funded SuperPACs in order to incentivize the desired candidate behavior
  3. They changed the nomination rules of the 2016 primary (e.g., "winner take all delegates") to allow an unpopular candidate like Jeb to secure the nomination with only 20% (one-fifth!) of the delegates
  4. They altered the calendar dates of primaries to advantage a weak, establishment candidate (Bush) that had little, if any, grassroots support
All of these tactics were designed to support what the Refuge calls the "Splitter Strategy": a plan to dilute the GOP field with as many candidates as possible in order to erode the support of a popular, grassroots candidate.

For instance, Cruz vs. Bush was projected to be an utter rout in Florida, with internal polling showing that Cruz would crush Bush. But what would happen if the GOPe added Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio to the mix?

Actual Email From My Brother

Received from my brother at 5:49am ET:

The following is an exchange between Peter ****** (a good friend of mine from school) and me during last night’s debate:

PETER: Doug is a big Cruz guy, isn’t he?

ME: Yes. Doug thinks Cruz is the only true Republican.

PETER: I devoted my life to Doug’s teachings.

ME: That will get you a cup to piss in.

PETER: Doug is a national treasure. You are the Billy Carter of the Ross family.

 

Larwyn's Linx: Donald Trump is the Candidate the Establishment GOP has Sought for Decades

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Nation

Donald Trump is the Candidate the Establishment GOP has Sought for Decades: VAright
The Modified GOPe Strategy (Road Map) – The Full Monte…: Treehouse
Winners and Losers from the CNN/Salem Debate: Leon H. Wolf

Jeb Bush Doesn’t See a National Right to Gun Ownership: Onan Coca
Carly Fiorina, Cheap Labor Lobby Waitress: Patrick Cleburne
Know Why Voters Cheer Donald Trump, GOP? Because Of Immigration!: Ann Coulter

Donald Trump: The Only People Who Like Him Are The Voters: Ann Coulter
Donald Trump is Getting Under President Obama’s Skin: Rebecca Nelson
Ted Cruz, Sitting Pretty: Rich Lowry

President Obama Orders Behavioral Experiments On American Public: Chuck Ross
This Constitution Day, It’s Time To Evict The Constitutional Squatters: Rita Dunaway
GOP Debate Wrap-Up: Fiorina cleans up at the big kids’ table: Mary Katherine Ham

McConnell Plans More Failure Theater on Iran: RS
Life Is Short; CNN Debate Is Long: Debra Saunders
What Went Down In The Second GOP Debate: 538

Economy

Hillary Isn’t Biden’s Problem — Obama Is: Larry Elder
Crossing Borders with Gold and Silver Coins - a Glimpse of Things to Come: Doug Casey
Rich Socialists and the Bernie Sanders Moment: Ben Shapiro

The American Disease: I Deserve to Get Away with Anything and Everything: Charles Hugh Smith
Carly Fiorina Delivers Passionate Speech Against Planned Parenthood During GOP Debate: Jay Caruso
This Was Not A Good Debate For Jeb Bush and John Kasich: Dan McLaughlin

Scandal Central

Bill Clinton's office checked with State Dept. on paid speech to group with Tehran ties: Ed Henry
Hillary’s Secret Police: New Target Is Bryan Pagliano: Hillary Daily
Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) Defends Planned Parenthood But Hasn’t ‘Even Seen’ Videos: MRC

Climate & Energy

The Sound of Settled Science: SDA
Use behavioral science to help fight climate change, says Obama executive order: Clayton Aldern
Antarctic Sea Ice Hits 35-Year Record High Saturday: WZ

Media

The Bull Mouse Party: The Z Man
Levin: There Is An Effort Underway To Push Donald Trump Out Of The Race: NoisyRm
Initial Reactions to the Second Debate: RS

Democrat Party Ropes Off Protesters Demanding More Democrat Debates: ProgsToday
Top 5 Lies From the Democrat Party About CNN's #GOPdebate: ProgsToday
Obama breaks out Satanist Aleister Crowley t-shirt: FAM

World

Cheney: Israel, Arabs Allies Think Obama Supports Muslim Brotherhood: Breitbart
Report: Obama ignored Russian offer to have Assad step down: Paul Mirengoff
Britain Plans to Require All Clerics to Register with the Government: Leon H. Wolf

Where The Hell Are “Syrian Refugees” Getting All These Bullhorns From Anyway?: WZ
“Refugees” Leave Heaps of Rubbish at the Hungarian/Austrian Border: AmRen
Sighting of R-166-0.5 Signals Vehicle Affirms Inflow of Russian Military into Syria: The Interpreter

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Air Force delivers new and innovative vision of future warfare: Mackenzie Eaglen
Who’s Behind Bluetooth Skimming in Mexico?: Brian Krebs
Dreamforce: Uber CEO Tells How the Cloud Made Ride-Sharing Possible: David Needle

Cornucopia

The Eternal Sunshine of the Compartmentalized Mind: MOTUS
An Evening Drive: Joe Posnanski
JPMorgan's Vault Is One Withdrawal Away From Running Out Of Deliverable Gold: Tyler Durden

Image: The Modified GOPe Strategy (Road Map) – The Full Monte…
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QOTD: " • Trump on McCain: “I like people who weren’t captured”
• Trump on Megyn Kelly: “There was blood coming out of her… wherever.”
• Trump: Rick Perry “should be forced to take an IQ test” before debate
• Trump is going to war with Scott Walker after being called “DumbDumb” by one of his supporters
• Trump on Fiorina: “Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?”
• Trump on Heidi Klum: “She’s no longer a 10.”

These are the lofty policy debates dominating the presidential election of a 21st century superpower. We aren’t discussing America’s $18.4 trillion national debt and our insolvent social programs. The stagnant economy and an expansionist China, Russia, and Islamic State. Burning cities at home and burning countries abroad.

Instead we’re trading GIFs of a reality show star on “The Tonight Show,” giggling about menstruation, and wondering if the most impressive GOP field in a generation are a bunch of “dummies” or if they’re a bunch of “losers.”

These are serious times. We are not a serious people." --Jon Gabriel

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

OH, MY: Politico Notes "Ted Cruz, Sitting Pretty"

Rich Lowry, writing at -- of all places -- Politico has an interesting analysis of the current GOP state of play ("Ted Cruz, Sitting Pretty"):

Ted Cruz isn’t topping the polls or dominating the conversation, but he’s one of the winners of the past few months.

His odds of winning the nomination have increased more than anyone else’s besides Donald Trump, and if you believe (reasonably enough) that Trump isn’t built to last, more than anyone else’s, period.

Let’s review. There was always the danger of Cruz, who made his national reputation on the strength of a misbegotten government shutdown, seeming like too much of a bomb-thrower. That was before it began to look like the Republican Party is open to a candidate only slightly less disruptive than Auguste Vaillant, the 19th-century French anarchist who struck a blow against politics as usual by literally throwing a bomb into the French Chamber of Deputies in 1893 (the establishment wasn’t amused — it executed him).

Such is the disgust with the Republican leadership, that there is no longer such a thing as going too far.

The Obama Recovery in 9 Simple Charts

By Tyler Durden


Read more at ZeroHedge.com.
 

OUTRAGE: Muslim Kid Brings Steel Case with Timer and Wires Hanging Out to School, Teachers Suspect the Worst

So a kid in Dallas named Mohamed has made headlines around the world for bringing an electronic clock to school; teachers suspected foul play, the police were called and the kid taken into custody for a brief period of time.

Social media blew up: targeting a poor, innocent kid for building a clock? Curiously, I noticed most media outlets never showed this clever device that terrified teachers. So it turns out the clock was constructed inside a steel box with an LED timer/clock mounted on it and wires hanging out. Here's a picture of the device once it was opened up:


In other words, the media and the White House are using these very sensible precautions to pillory the school system and Texas in general.

Just don't mention that the Tsarnaev brothers had backpacks.

And the overall level of hypocrisy, if you think about recent events in schools, is pretty stunning:

Larwyn's Linx: Is Obamism Correctable?

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Nation

Is Obamism Correctable?: Victor Davis Hanson
Senate Republicans Gear Up for Failure Theater: Erick Erickson
How America's political and economic elite gave birth to Trump: Damon Linker

Kathleen Willey slams Hillary’s new sex assault survivors ad: Kyle Olson
America Has Taken More Than Our Share of Refugees: Phyllis Schlafly
Flash Mob Storms Europe: Steve Sailer

Trump Crushed GOP Plan to Axe Immigration Issue and Nominate Jeb: GayPatriot
Trump’s Business Success Is More Than Marginal: Ethan Epstein
Is Biden Inevitable?: Dick Morris

Jeb Bush’s cookie-cutter campaign: Marc A. Thiessen
The Republican Establishment is in Deep Trouble: Chris Cillizza
Ted Cruz Campaign’s Latest Pursuit — High School Students: Kaitlyn Schallhorn

Economy

Opportunity Versus Outcomes: Thomas Sowell
Thanks Obamacare!: Coyote Blog
Several House Democrats concerned over DOL fiduciary rule: Nick Thornton

Scandal Central

Forget Justice: Government Just Wants Money: Steven Greenhut
Time for VA’s McDonald to Step Aside: Betsy McCaughey
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors: SDA

New Video Shows Planned Parenthood Clearly Discussing the Sale of Baby Parts: Leon H. Wolf
Minnesota Muslim suspected of jihad recruitment given school bus driver’s license: Robert Spencer
Clinton email update: missing emails and missing classified information: RS

Media

Rush on the conservative intelligentsia: Erick Erickson
59% Think Hillary Likely To Have Broken The Law: Rasmussen
How Hillary Clinton is using old photographs to make herself more 'relatable': Annie Karni

Kathleen Willey Not a Big Hillary Fan: “She’s a lying pig … I hope she rots in hell“: JWF
A David Brock group attacks Bernie Sanders: RS
War on Teachers: Walter Williams

World

The Weapons Of Benghazi: Herschel Smith
Fecklessness 101: AmInt
Putin: ISIS has designs on Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, endangers Europe & Russia: RT

The Consequences Of Obama's Weakness: Richard A. Epstein
China’s creeping influence in Djibouti: Malcolm Stuart
Montreal: Muslim teens charged with possessing explosives, facilitating terror act: Robert Spencer

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

What’s it really like in the driver’s seat of a driverless car?: Charlie Gillis
Uber chief advisor David Plouffe shrugs off wage complaints as driver pool booms: Sam Shead
Enlisting a Drone to Sell Your House Just Won’t Fly: Craig Donofrio

Cornucopia

From Character to Caricature: Bruce Hanify
I figured out how to make the upper receiver from a bolt (maybe) .... by drilling ....: Winter Soldier
Qatari caught in Beverly Hills street race with Ferrari and Porsche claims diplomatic immunity: DailyMail

Image: Flash Mob Storms Europe
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QOTD: "I fear no man, and only one woman, but I wouldn't mess with Mark Steyn for all the carbon credits in China." --Theo Caldwell