The latest information from various media continues to paint an increasingly sketchy network of associations.

First, according to investigative leaks to NBC News the entire operation had been planned for several years.  Both Syed and Tashfeen had been target practicing for quite some time and included discussions of the attack back in 2012:

San Bernardino terror couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik spent at least a year preparing for their terror attack, NBC News has learned, practicing at a local gun range and making financial plans for their family after their deaths.

And the husband may have discussed an attack as many as three years ago, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.

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Mark Steyn was on Greta Van Sustern last night and delivered one of the more resoundingly common sense recaps of the entire days’ media and political insanity:

Mark Steyn website here – The last segment where Steyn points out the nonsense from the Obama administration is 100% spot on.  Unfortunately, almost every GOP candidate pounced into the furor surrounding Trump’s profoundly reasonable proposition.

The issue boils down to: (more…)

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

There’s enough jaw-dropping stupid, on TV regarding Donald Trump’s proposal, to choke a horse.  Cue Senator Marco Rubio on Fox moments ago saying:

• #1  It’s unconstitutional to apply a religious test to immigration.
• #2  The U.S. Government doesn’t track religion on immigration.

Good Grief: (more…)

From cartoonist A.F. Branco at ComicallyIncorrect.com.

Wow – Now we know why the GOPe is in full blown panic mode.  The results from the latest WMUR/CNN Poll in New Hampshire (full pdf below) shows support for Ben Carson has fully collapsed, and Ted Cruz drops below John Kasich…. But it gets much, much worse for the establishment candidates.

The GOPe road map has totally collapsed in New Hampshire.  All of the GOPe splitters are now left picking leftover scraps from those voters who are in the undecideds:

Trump has forced upon the GOPe the absolute nightmare scenario – “the splitters are splitting upon themselves”.   Rubio, Bush and Christie combined cannot beat Donald Trump’s current level of support.

The millions spent by Team Kasich have garnered him a grand total of 7%; and the tens of millions spent by Jeb Bush only get him to 8%.  The granite state electorate are fully engaged and they are seeing through the GOPe establishment schemes.

The New Hampshire voters are also seeing through the convenient flip-flops of Cruz and have identified the reality of Carson’s inability. (more…)

The latest PPP poll from North Carolina (full pdf below) shows Donald Trump with a commanding lead over the race and pulling away.  In addition, PPP provided every questioner with head-to-head match ups and Trump is resoundingly beating every candidate head-to-head.  Cruz, Rubio, Carson,… all of them.

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A few interesting updates today in the San Bernadino terrorist attack that killed 14 people.  Buried deep inside an ABC article we find out the ‘friend’ of Syed Farook, the man who purchased the long-guns, actually converted to Islam:

Investigators with the FBI today questioned Enrique Marquez Jr., the man who originally purchased the two “assault-style” rifles used in last week’s San Bernardino shooting in which 14 people were killed, according to law enforcement officials briefed on the probe.

[…]  An individual associated with a local mosque, who asked not to be named, said Marquez started coming there three or four years ago, after he had converted to Islam. The person said Marquez was shy and polite, but did not seem that bright. Two members of Farook’s family, but not Syed Farook, attended the same mosque, the person said.

Marquez previously worked at a Wal-Mart, and before that was employed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, federal officials told ABC News.  (read more)

Additionally, the Daily Mail has caught on to the possibility of “The Ziiggii Theory” and explores the aspect of the mysteriously missing Go-Pro camera: (more…)

Too funny.  Every channel, every broadcast, every station, every radio air wave: “Trump said”…. “Trump ban”…  “Trump said”… “Trump ban”…  wall-to-wall, everywhere, e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e !  ‘Splodey’s, ‘Splodey’s, ‘Splodey’s !

BRILLIANT !!!

Folks – enjoy this, we are watching a masters’ hand play the insufferable media like a gifted prodigy plays a Stradivarius.  It is a thing of beauty.

In response to Donald Trump’s lawful, constitutional, and prudent proposal to halt Muslim immigration the media are actually saying:

…”if you aren’t nice to moderate Muslims they’ll stop being moderate and murder you”..

Let that sink in for a few minutes. (more…)