Open thread: South Carolina and Nevada finally speak up

Jazz Shaw
"Immediate Update: It’s official, or as close to it as possible. Out in Nevada Hillary Clinton has squeaked out a victory in the Nevada caucus. A roughly five point margin is nothing to sneeze at, but Bernie definitely ate into the massive lead she held only last month. Going by the exit polls, Hillary had the elderly vote by a country mile while Sanders captured the younger vote by a similar margin. Clinton got the black vote by a landslide, but Bernie was taking a small margin in the Hispanic vote, 53-45. In terms of delegates, Hillary *should* take either a 12-11 or 13-10 split of the committed delegates, but that’s never a sure thing. Nevada’s caucus isn’t a direct representation process. What they did today was select the delegates to the county conventions, who will then go on to the state convention where they will eventually cut a deck of cards or something and determine how many delegates to assign to her for national convention. (Not affecting all of her Superdelegates, of course.)

. . . "But now it’s about over. One Democrat and as many as three Republicans will be happy when they go to bed tonight. Some in the latter category may be going home and declaring that it just wasn’t their year. On the Democrats’ side, Bernie and Hillary will both pack up their teams and head to South Carolina." . . .

I'll post this cartoon after which Sanders will drop out, then Hillary will beat Trump in the general, unless he becomes her running mate. One thing in my favor: pessimists are usually pleasantly surprised. 
Hey, I'm 76 years old, so others will live with the results, not me. The Tunnel Dweller.

Hillary Clinton did not say that she would shut down the NRA and ban handguns if she were elected President.

Snopes

CLAIM: Hillary Clinton said that she would shut down the NRA and ban handguns if she were elected President.

  FALSE

"ORIGINS: On 25 October 2015, a Tumblr page dedicated to fake Hillary Clinton quotes posted a meme of the Democratic presidential candidate that included a quote supposedly uttered by her during an interview with the Des Moines Register on 8 August 2015:

"The "Shocking Hillary Clinton Quotes ..." Tumblr page claims that all of their quotes are 100% sourced and even provides links to make it appear as if the quotes have been verified:

This Tumblr page is just another fake quote generator created in the same vein as Facebook group "Stop The World, The Teabaggers Want Off." 
"Claim:   Sarah Palin told Sean Hannity Alaska has "all sorts of Eskimos and other foreigners.' " 

Hat tip to Karen Joy Roth

The Return of Socialism

Just a few years ago, the idea that Bernie Sanders, former member of the Socialist Party of America, would be contending seriously for the Democratic nomination for president would have been ludicrous. When did it become acceptable for Americans to back an avowed socialist? What changed in America, and why did it change?

Ben Domenech

Sanders holds massive events populated by kids who think what he is preaching is very cool. 

"It is the failure of Barack Obama’s domestic-policy program generally that we have to thank for socialism’s rise in 2016. Republicans since John McCain in 2008 have been describing President Obama’s domestic program as socialist, and it appears that in so doing, they have made the term seem more palatable and less extreme merely by repetition. The takeaway for today’s younger voters seems to be: If everything Obama is trying to do is socialism, and Republicans are just blocking it time and again, then perhaps we need to go full socialist to actually get things done. By applying an unpopular label to a relatively popular agenda, Republicans may have unintentionally aided the work of a thousand left-wing professors in a thousand state colleges." . . .

Cartoons added by the Tunnel Dweller.

Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think

TOP DOCUMENTARY FILMS  "Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think explores the expertly gathered opinions of Muslims around the globe as revealed in the world’s first major opinion poll, conducted by Gallup, the preeminent polling organization.

"Gallup researchers began by asking the questions on every American’s mind. Why is there so much anti-Americanism in the Muslim world? Who are the extremists and how do Muslims feel about them? What do Muslims like and dislike about the West? What do Muslim women really want?

"Crucial policy decisions hang on these questions. They continue to generate passionate disagreements in the public square. Yet for all the heat and controversy, the actual views of the world’s Muslims have been conspicuously missing from this debate.

"Now, we have the missing answers and statistics, gathered, parsed, and analyzed not by pundits but by professional researchers.

"As part of this groundbreaking six-year project, Gallup conducted tens of thousands of interviews with residents in 35 predominantly Muslim nations, as well as smaller populations in Europe and the USA. The broad extent of the polling has delivered findings for the world's 1.4 billion Muslims with a plus or minus accuracy of 3%.

"Focused on the issues of Gender Justice, Terrorism, and Democracy – Inside Islam presents this remarkable data deftly, showing how it challenges the popular notion that Muslims and the West are on a collision course. Like the research, the film highlights a shared relationship that is based on facts – not fear." . . .

When the hat was a necessary fashion statement

"Every time we see an outdoor photo from the 1920s and early 30s, we think: Look at all the hats! This 1930 photo taken by Margaret Bourke-White in the Garment District of New York City captures what we're talking about! So why all the hats...and where did they all go? Well - back then, people walked almost everywhere, so the hat protected people from the sun and wind; however, as automobiles became the norm in the mid 1930's, the hats became an unnecessary, awkward hassle to carry. And by the 40s, they almost disappeared entirely."

Old photo archive

Crowd at a baseball game,1930s. Getty Images


Even the newsboys had hats.

'Smoking kills more people than Obama' poster appears in Moscow

The Guardian

"Russia’s only Liberal MP says poster, which has no attribution, is ‘disgusting and embarrassing’ "

. . . "Dmitry Gudkov, the sole liberal opposition MP in Russia’s parliament, on Tuesdayposted a photograph of the large poster, which was in a metal-and-glass frame at a bus shelter on Moscow’s third ring road.

"Gudkov wrote that it was “disgusting and embarrassing that this is appearing on the streets of the Russian capital.” His Facebook post had received more than 1,300 likes, hundreds of positive and negative comments and extensive Russian media coverage.“Smoking kills more people than Obama, although he kills lots and lots of people,” the poster read, showing an illustration of the president smoking the last dregs of a cigarette. “Don’t smoke, don’t be like Obama.' ” . . .

“Soon they’ll be scaring kids with Obama rather than Baba Yaga,” the witch from Russian folk tales, Gudkov later told the Guardian.

The advert has no attribution, no author has come forward to claim it and Moscow city hall has not commented."

Thanks to Ronbo at The Freedom Fighters Journal.

Scarborough’s Claim That Hillary And Trump “Raked Over The Coals” By The Media Is Nonsense

RedState

"Do you notice a pattern here, Joe?

"Caleb Howe makes a great point in how the coverage between Carson and Hillary differs:

Any story about Ben Carson is presented from the media as a sort of “ah HAH!! Got him!” moment, while the reluctant coverage of everything Hillary is reported by every network but Fox News with an eye roll and an exasperated sigh, as if to say “ugh, the stupid Republicans are trying another stupid attack against virtuous Hillary.”

""He’s right. Once the media really starts digging into Donald Trump’s background as they have Carson and once the media starts treating possible criminal behavior by Hillary Clinton seriously instead of a chore that bothers them, claiming they have been “raked over the coals” has zero validity." . . .

Bush Staffers Looking For Work

RedState  "Even as the Jeb Bush campaign announced Jeb’s post-South Carolina schedule in an all too obvious attempt to tamp down reports that Jeb would finally throw in the towel, Politico reveals that Bush campaign staff are a shopping their resumes with Florida political consultants anticipating that their candidate won’t push on after South Carolina:

“I can unequivocally tell you that people are looking for work, because they say they’ve been led to believe that they won’t have a job because the campaign won’t be around any longer or their jobs won’t because the campaign won’t have any money,” said one Republican who helps run one of the Florida campaigns.

Then someone at the site who must dislike Jeb with a passion chose this photo to go with the article. 

 

Has Hillary been vetted enough for you?

Salon: Hillary Clinton just can’t win: Democrats need to accept that only Bernie Sanders can defeat the GOP

"Bernie Sanders is the only Democratic candidate capable of winning the White House in 2016. Please name the last person to win the presidency alongside an ongoing FBI investigation, negative favorability ratings, questions about character linked to continual flip-flops, a dubious money trail of donors, and the genuine contempt of the rival political party. In reality, Clinton is a liability to Democrats, and certainly not the person capable of ensuring liberal Supreme Court nominees and President Obama’s legacy.

TOXIC? Britney Spears Deletes #ImWithHer Endorsement...

Larry Sanders says Bernie is a ‘genuine socialist’ trying to save the Democratic Party from ‘dreadful’ Bill Clinton, who is either a ‘terrible rapist or a nice rapist’ to the media.

Hillary Refuses to Say She Hasn’t Lied to the American People
. . . "Clinton has struggled to convince voters and commentators that she’s trustworthy. Granted, FBI investigations, home-brewed email servers, mishandling of classified information, and various other scandals aren’t helping her “but I’m totally honest, you guys!” case." . . .

As Bill once said, "with us you get two for the price of one".

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Hillary Refuses To Say If She Has Ever Lied To The American People    “ 'Well, I will tell you, I have tried in every way I know how, literally from my years as a young lawyer, all the way through my time as secretary of state to level with the American people,” Clinton claimed."  In other words, "yes, big time".

Clinton Campaign Is Facing Fierce Headwinds  . . . "Sanders, who was once dismissed by party leaders as a kooky left-wing insurgent with little grassroots support, is giving Clinton the political fight of her life." . . .

Obama faces backlash over prospect of missing Scalia funeral

Petulant and vindictive. This is the man who spent a fortune to keep WW2 veterans away from open-air monuments in order to "make the shutdown hurt". TD

Fox News

Fox News

“Refusing to attend the funeral does more than insult the memory of a life-long public servant. It is a failure to perform a basic presidential duty. Obama has shirked his responsibility to all of us,” Charles Lipson, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, said in a column for Real Clear Politics Thursday.
. . . 
"Asked if he could rule out the possibility of golf, Earnest said, “I don’t have a sense of what the president’s plans are for Saturday.” He said the White House would have “some more details” about the president’s plans for Friday and Saturday later."

American silliness. On Obama's watch, I might add. 2/19/2016

Code Pink Still Gushing Over Trump…

Decorated Marine Vet Beaten by Black Lives Matter Supporters in D.C.
. . . "Decorated Iraq War veteran Chris Marquez was trying to enjoy a meal at McDonald's when "a group of rowdy teens came up and started taunting him."  The thugs attempted to shame him into endorsing the BLM movement and when Marquez  refused, they became violent." . . .

The teens also robbed the former Marine of his wallet and credit cards, but if you think that money was the motive for the attack, you haven't been paying attention to the Obama-endorsed racial hostility that has been coming out of the black grievance industry for the past several years.

More here on this: D.C. Police Want Help Identifying #BlackLivesMatter Supporters Who Beat And Left Hero Marine For Dead…  "Silly"? This is what happens when silly people become violent.

I'm sure Obama and Rev. Al will speak condemnation of those who did this.

A related story, I'd say: Beyonce Said WHAT?!: Disgusting Whore – The NFL Allowed THIS?! (More Than the Black Panther Stuff)

"Many are rightly up in arms against Beyonce Knowles-Carter’s pro-Black Panther/Black Lives Matter, anti-police performance of “Formation” at the Superbowl, but, wait, there’s even more to it that nobody else is talking about."

"Why did the National Football League and PepsiCo allow this?  . . . 

"The NFL and Pepsi officials for sure knew that this was in the works, as League officials were at rehearsals for the Pepsi Halftime Show and had final approval on everything (plus it’s all pre-recorded and lip-synced). They knew this was going on. "

Obama to visit Cuba even after mass arrests of dissidents

Trigger warning: Snowflake

This is what happened at Rutgers U after a conservative spoke on campus  . . . "You are not going to believe what happened next:

According to the paper, students and faculty members held a wound-licking gathering at a cultural center on campus, where students described “feeling scared, hurt, and discriminated against.”
“A variety of different organizations and departments were present to listen, answer questions and show support” to the apparently weak and vulnerable students, who just a few days prior had disrupted Yiannopoulos’ event by smearing fake blood on their faces and chanting protest slogans.
One student at the event told the Targum that they “broke down crying” after the event, while another reported that he felt “scared to walk around campus the next day.” According to the report, “many others” said they felt “unsafe” at the event and on campus afterwards.

. . . "Rutgers students are displaying clear-cut signs of the crybully phenomenon, whereby the regressive left feels victimized, traumatized and attacked even while they are viciously attacking others."  Emphasis added, TD

If there comes a war against radical Islam, this is the pool of manpower we have to draw soldiers from?  What will these people do when the ramp drops on their landing craft at some enemy beach?

New Dating Website Caters To Socialist Bernie Sanders Supporters…  . . . "BernieSingles.com* crashed Wednesday after administrators said it “went viral” and reached 1,000 members “in less than an hour,” but they are working to restore it." . . .
*Not an active link; find it yourself.

Bette Midler Raises The Question Of Obama Pardoning Black Panther Murderers  Watch and see when his final days are here.

Weasel Zippers is the source for many of these posts.