UPDATE – List of States EXPANDS: Alabama – Arizona  – Arkansas  – Georgia  – Florida  – Idaho  – Indiana  – Illinois  – Iowa  – Kansas – Louisiana  – Maine  – Massachusetts  – Michigan  – Mississippi  – Nebraska  – New Hampshire  – New Jersey – North Carolina  – Ohio  – Oklahoma – South Carolina  – Tennessee – Texas  – Wisconsin

With admissions by the U.S. State Department and intelligence groups that it is impossible to vet Syrian refugees for terrorist connections, the number of states and state Governors, who have requested a halt to Syrian Refugee import has now expanded to sixteen Twenty Four:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin (more…)

Several new items of information surfacing including an additional suspected terrorist added who was another Syrian refugee.  Ahmed Almuhamed and his brother Mohammed Almuhamed both traveled from Syria to France as “refugees”. The suspects currently named:

• Salah Abdeslam, 26 – urgently sought by police (pictured below)
• Mohammed Abdeslam – reportedly arrested in Belgium
• Brahim Abdeslam, 31 – named as attacker who died near Bataclan concert hall
• Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, from near Paris – died in attack on Bataclan
• Bilal Hadfi, 20 – named as attacker who died at Stade de France
• Ahmed Almuhamed – “refugee” attacker who exploded vest at Stade de France
  
• Mohammed Almuhamed – “refugee” status unknown.
• Samy Aminour, 28, from France – status unknown.
  
• Three other attackers died during the assaults in the city

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stated: ♦ Friday’s attacks by Islamist militants in Paris were planned and organized from Syria.  ♦ New terror attacks were being planned in France and other European countries.  ♦ 150 raids on suspected militants had been carried out across France early on Monday.  ♦ France was dealing with a “terrorist army”, rather than a single terrorist group.

(Via BBC) […] “We know that operations were being prepared and are still being prepared, not only against France but other European countries too,” he said, quoted by AFP news agency.

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Speaker of The House Paul Ryan, Sunday:

…All well and good, but what happens when their “ideas” are also unlawful?

CASE IN POINT – Three federal court decisions have ruled against Obama’s implementation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (“DAPA”) FULL BACKSTORY HERE, so why hasn’t the Senate acted to address?

The lack of congressional action reflects a serious case of “willful blindness“. (more…)

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

General Patton arose and strode swiftly to the microphone. The men snapped to their feet and stood silently. Patton surveyed the sea of brown with a grim look. “Be seated”, he said. The words were not a request, but a command. The General’s voice rose high and clear:

“Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. (more…)

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 †

And by try, we mean generally failing miserably. 

By now almost everyone has awakened to how media manipulates and advocates.  It is very easy to see who corporate media support, both democrat and republican, and also increasingly easier to see why.

As an example the Wall Street Journal support Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.  National Review also support Bush / Rubio – the establishment selections.  However, ideological alignment, and specific intent to create candidate benefit, should be noted and given attention when various levels of nuance are noticed.

There is another aspect that needs to be discussed regarding espoused views of “conservative media”. Everyone should pay attention to the Super-PAC spending, and campaign spending, as it relates to opinions that ultimately come from those media entities.

There is massive campaign spending taking place particularly amid talk radio formats (Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, and Salem Media Networks as examples), it is disingenuous in the extreme not to notice the espoused views from punditry are impacted by the financial benefits afforded them via campaign, and special interest, ad revenues. (more…)

In a hilariously transparent rush to catch-up to Donald J Trump’s prior position (asserting no Syrian refugees should be granted access to the U.S.A), candidate Marco Rubio joins with another ‘johnny-come-lately‘ Ted Cruz:

In light of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Sunday said the US should not take in more Syrian refugees.

The Florida senator had previously signalled openness to relocating some of the millions fleeing the Syrian civil war to American shores.

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Four months prior to announcing a presidential bid Donald Trump gave an interview to McLatchyDC News. Here’s a video segment from their interview.

The Print Article Is HERE

The ever-shrinking group of democrats who are not far left-wing moonbats, are increasingly frustrated by the structural advantages embedded within the DNC control over Hillary Clinton’s anointment.    By design the CBS debate yesterday only drew 8 million viewers.

The DNC set up limited debates and scheduled them to coordinate with other national events that intentionally diminish viewership.   With the terrible ratings last night, a growing frustration bubbles again:

WASHINGTON […]  “Look, there was a clear intent to bury these debates to the benefit of Clinton,” said another Democratic campaign official on Sunday afternoon. “And it is doing a disservice to the Democratic Party. The GOP is blowing out numbers — and we are protecting Hillary Clinton.”

Both of the last two Republican debates were held on smaller networks than CBS — CNBC and Fox Business — and they got over 13 million viewers. The first two Republican debates — on CNN and Fox News — each broke 20 million. (more…)