HotAir Daily Express 09/15/2015

Video: North Korea restarts Yongbyon reactor, says ready to nuke US any time 9/15/2015 10:01:45 AM  Ed Morrissey 1 Comments Remember when we had an agreement based on trust and verification that would keep North Korea from developing or acquiring nuclear weapons? Good times, good times. With the ink drying on yet another “framework” deal with a rogue, dictatorial More... Of dancing babies and fair use 9/15/2015 9:21:15 AM  Jazz Shaw 13 Comments Our copyright laws get beaten up on a regular basis around the world and occasionally here at home, leading to many, largely valid complaints from creators of intellectual capital. But not all copyrighted material is entirely sacrosanct, as demonstrated More... New CMP video: Abortion industry exec admits clinics make "a fair amount of income" from organ harvesting 9/15/2015 8:41:34 AM  Ed Morrissey 40 Comments “I think the American people know who Planned Parenthood is,” said one of its defenders when the videos from Center for Medical Progress began being published. Actually, it seems as though Americans are just getting their first clear look at More... Report: we had the chance to get rid of Assad in 2012 but turned it down 9/15/2015 8:01:29 AM  Jazz Shaw 45 Comments From the Things That Might Have Been file. One of the chief diplomats involved in negotiations regarding the crisis in Syria has reported that the Russians put an offer on the table back in 2012 which would have involved Bashar al-Assad stepping down More... Quotes of the day 9/14/2015 10:41:38 PM  Allahpundit 244 Comments .@GovernorPerry is a terrific guy and I wish him well- I know he will have a great future! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2015 *** Rick Perry's political career ended with a whimper, a remarkable if predictable fall for the More... Video: David Brock and his hair get serious blowback from Scarborough on 'Morning Joe' 9/14/2015 10:01:00 PM  Mary Katharine Ham 71 Comments The extent to which this man is willing to flack for the Clintons is amazing, operatic in its denial, majestic in its sheer devotion. Almost as majestic as Brock’s hair, which let’s face it, gets more spectacular every time I see it. Earlier More... Mark Cuban: Seems to me there's an opening for an opinionated billionaire in this race 9/14/2015 9:21:11 PM  Mary Katharine Ham 42 Comments You want a billionaire? You want bravado? You may soon have choices. Mark Cuban called into CNBC to discuss his hypothetical prospects. His thoughts are, shall we say, Trumpian: In an email exchange with CNBC, Cuban revealed his thoughts on the More... "Fear the Walking Dead" grumble thread: Something must be done about the parents 9/14/2015 8:41:23 PM  Allahpundit 65 Comments The good, the bad, and the ugly. The good: We finally got a real riot scene. Last week the “riot” was two dozen extras standing around pointing fingers at cops in not-very-convincing faux rage. Last night you got what felt like an entire city More... NYT: Get ready for the Fiorina-Trump fight on Wednesday 9/14/2015 8:01:48 PM  Ed Morrissey 140 Comments And get ready for some fireworks no matter what, as Donald Trump’s staying power at the top of the polls will force everyone on stage to go after the leader. Carly Fiorina is best positioned for it. She’s risen enough in polling of late to More... Jeb Bush goes alpha: "If someone comes at me, bam! I'll come back at 'em" 9/14/2015 7:21:22 PM  Allahpundit 78 Comments This is basic politics and shouldn’t be remarkable, but because Jeb comes off as “the sensitive dad from a contemporary sitcom” and because Trump has done such a superb job of needling him over that element of his persona, the comment More... Burning Man to sue Quiznos in most hilarious litigation ever 9/14/2015 6:41:22 PM  Jazz Shaw 69 Comments This year’s Burning Man festival just recently ended, by all accounts after quite a successful run of whatever it is that they’re doing out there in the desert. (And if you don’t know what Burning Man is I’m not going to express a More... Hillary to sexual assault accusers: "You have the right to be heard, the right to be believed" 9/14/2015 6:01:28 PM  Allahpundit 68 Comments I didn’t think Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick would be players in next year’s campaign, but now that we’ve been told by Mrs. Bill Clinton that they have “the right to be believed,” I dare say a cable news interview More... The long awaited Martin O'Malley gun control plan is released, with a national gun registry 9/14/2015 5:21:01 PM  Jazz Shaw 88 Comments Sure, the first thing that comes to mind when you read the title of this article is, who cares? Martin O’Malley has the same chance of being the Democrat nominee as Bill Cosby has of being the next president of the National Organization of Women. More... Hmmm: Biden met with top Obama bundler in New York 9/14/2015 4:41:19 PM  Ed Morrissey 29 Comments Joe Biden’s lips on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week may have been demurring on a decision to run for President, but his eye on a major Wall Street player in New York on the same trip may have been saying Let’s make a deal. More... Glenn Beck: I have a plan to smuggle Syrian refugees into the U.S. 9/14/2015 4:01:26 PM  Allahpundit 199 Comments Via the Daily Caller, note that he’s talking specifically about refugees here, not migrants. Migrants seek a better job market in a wealthier economy; refugees seek safe haven from being persecuted or killed if they stay where they are. One of the More... Imagining the first term of a Trump presidency 9/14/2015 3:21:48 PM  Jazz Shaw 124 Comments Marc Ambinder, writing at The Week, seems to have taken the next leap in the evolution of American politics this season and – at least as an exercise in theory – asked us to consider what a Trump presidency would look like. While the primary More... WaPo/ABC poll: Majority believe Hillary broke law, covered it up; Update: Gaps in e-mail record? 9/14/2015 2:41:25 PM  Ed Morrissey 68 Comments It’s not the topline result from the latest Washington Post/ABC poll, but it’s an eyepopper anyway. Hillary Clinton still leads the field among Democrats and leaners 42/24 over Bernie Sanders, with Joe Biden getting 21% even without More... Germany, other EU nations impose "temporary" border controls to slow crush of Middle Eastern migrants 9/14/2015 2:01:37 PM  Allahpundit 106 Comments What was Merkel’s plan here, exactly? She threw open Germany’s borders, announced that the country would take as many as 800,000 people this year, and now German authorities seem surprised that the surge in border crossings is too much for More... Reagan viewed the immigration debate through the prism of an earlier era 9/14/2015 1:21:42 PM  Jazz Shaw 146 Comments A liberal, pro-amnesty group has launched an expensive advertising campaign in the days leading up to the next GOP debate which seeks to tear down Republican presidential candidates on the immigration issue. That’s not too unusual on the face of More... Three Pinocchios for Obama's claim of "strong support" for Iran deal 9/14/2015 12:41:26 PM  Ed Morrissey 45 Comments When 42 Senate Democrats blocked debate on the Iran deal, they prevented a floor vote that would have resulted in a bill rejecting the pact negotiated by John Kerry and approved by Barack Obama. Recent polling from Pew shows support for the deal at 21% More... Are Hillary's classified e-mails on Google, AOL servers? 9/14/2015 12:01:17 PM  Ed Morrissey 69 Comments The good news from Politico’s Josh Gerstein is that some of the classified material transmitted through Hillary Clinton’s secret e-mail server passed through more secure systems as well. The bad news? Those systems are Google’s Gmail, More... "Faces": New Fiorina Super PAC ad uses Trump insult to woo women voters 9/14/2015 11:21:50 AM  Allahpundit 319 Comments David Rutz is right. It’s amazing that Team Hillary hasn’t managed to uncork a single ad aimed at women so far that’s as slick as this one is. And yet Clinton’s the pro and Fiorina’s the newbie, or so we’re told. More... China is flexing more than its economic muscle 9/14/2015 10:41:42 AM  Jazz Shaw 37 Comments As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about in terms of foreign policy. With so many other spots around the globe either figuratively or literally going up in flames it’s probably easy to lose sight of what’s going on with China. More... Surprise: Caitlyn Jenner changes tune on gay marriage The real reason for Sarah Palin's falling out with Glenn Beck At Trump rally, Republicans experience Obama-sized crowd, excitement Poll: Carson now within four points of Trump as rest of field lags in single digits Obama: Anti-immigrant discourse is "un-American" Study: The happiest parents have four or more children Modern life is filled with mediocrity, so why do people single out flying? All hail America's newest victim class: The pretty girl The migrant crisis: Extreme makeover, European edition Why I've changed my mind about intervening in Syria