HotAir Daily Express 10/21/2015

The effect of Canada's election may be felt in the US sooner than you think 10/21/2015 10:01:17 AM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The dust has settled north of the border and the Canadians have swept a new, liberal government into power under the leadership of Justin Trudeau. The first question which likely jumped up in the minds of many Americans was… so what? Canada is an More... U.S. reaches deal with Russia on Syrian airspace as Assad visits Moscow 10/21/2015 9:21:23 AM  Taylor Millard 12 Comments There is some possibly good movement when it comes to the U.S. involvement in Syria: they’ve reached a deal with Russia over who controls which parts of the friendly (?) skies. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov called the agreement More... Miracles and wonders: White House approves new natural gas export terminal 10/21/2015 8:41:03 AM  Jazz Shaw 16 Comments We rarely get the chance to praise Barack Obama here on energy issues, but this is one of those rare exceptions where something productive has been accomplished. The Department of Energy has (finally) given approval for a new natural gas export terminal More... The House needs a Speaker, but not an Emperor 10/21/2015 8:01:41 AM  Jazz Shaw 107 Comments In 50 BC, Julius Caesar was ordered by his old friend Pompey to disband his armies at the end of his governorship and return to Rome. Sensing that things weren’t going to play out very well, Caesar marched the 13th Legion across the Rubicon and More... Quotes of the day 10/20/2015 10:41:36 PM  Allahpundit 171 Comments In the latest episode of the reality show that is Donald Trump's campaign, he has blamed my brother for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our nation. That Trump echoes the attacks of Michael Moore and the fringe Left against my brother is yet another example More... Sorry, anti-frackers: Yale study says the process doesn't contaminate drinking water 10/20/2015 10:01:00 PM  Matt Vespa 29 Comments Okay; repeat after me: fracking does not pollute your drinking water. As Sean Hackbarth over at the Chamber of Commerce noted, a Yale study found no evidence that fracking, which is used in the process of extracting natural gas, causes drinking water More... BREAKING: Paul Ryan will try to be "unity" candidate for Speaker 10/20/2015 9:01:55 PM  Taylor Millard 282 Comments Paul Ryan will run for Speaker of the House, but it’s going to come with a lot of conditions. BREAKING: Rep. Paul Ryan to seek speakership if he is 'unity candidate' of House GOP. — The Associated Press (@AP) October 20, 2015 Getting More... Today in progress: San Francisco middle school withholds student election results due to winners' insufficient diversity 10/20/2015 8:41:56 PM  Guy Benson 102 Comments A grimly accurate headline, I’m afraid. The good news is that most of the community seems to reject this nonsense for what it is: Racialized, politically-correct social engineering run amok. The bad news is that the administration is standing by More... Head of Jeb Bush's Super PAC on Trump: "He's dead politically, he'll never be president of the United States, ever" 10/20/2015 8:01:49 PM  Allahpundit 101 Comments None of this strikes me as true. How has Trump's entry changed the race? It created a false zombie front-runner. He's dead politically, he’ll never be president of the United States, ever. By definition I don’t think you can be a front-runner More... Israelis lining up for firearm permits amid increasing violence 10/20/2015 7:21:01 PM  Matt Vespa 28 Comments With the recent spike in violence, the most recent being a horrific attack on an Israeli bus station over the weekend, the government has loosened its restrictions on the process of obtaining a firearm permit. As a result, many Israelis are taking More... The anti-science candidate… Bernie Sanders 10/20/2015 6:41:22 PM  Jazz Shaw 36 Comments Bernie Sanders sounds a little bit like Bill Nye when he starts waxing eloquent on matters of science and technology. (Now that I stop to think about it, he even looks a little bit like Bill if you add on a few years and subtract some hair.) And Bernie More... New Trump online ad: Bill Clinton likes me, you know 10/20/2015 6:01:41 PM  Allahpundit 76 Comments If he were any other candidate, I’d be trying to puzzle out why he thinks a few warm words by a scandal-drenched ex-president from the other party are worth touting during a Republican primary. There’s nothing that interesting in what Clinton More... The confused carbon profile of a massive solar power plant 10/20/2015 5:21:47 PM  Jazz Shaw 50 Comments I remember watching a Science Channel special once on unconventional energy production and they featured the Ivanpah solar power facility in California. Located to the southwest of Las Vegas, the plant has covered a massive stretch of the desert with More... Creepy wizened troll "endorses" Paul Ryan for Speaker 10/20/2015 4:41:48 PM  Allahpundit 82 Comments I don’t mind hating on Ryan for his amnesty boosterism. But we, as a people, surely aren’t going to let our decision on the Speakership be steered by this tool’s obvious “how can we trust a man whom Harry Reid trusts?!” More... Why is Bernie Sanders so popular? 10/20/2015 4:01:02 PM  Bruce McQuain 57 Comments Essentially three reasons – youth, “progressive” leftists and economic illiterates.  And, yes, they can be all three.  But not necessarily. Back in May as Sanders was emerging as a presidential candidate, many were caught by surprise More... Trump leads two new national Republican polls with 27 and 28 percent 10/20/2015 3:21:01 PM  Allahpundit 297 Comments One poll, CNN’s, gives him a five-point lead while another, Monmouth’s, has it at 10 points. (CNN’s sample of Republicans is a bit larger, for what it’s worth.) Trump’s lead in each isn’t as significant as the topline More... Houston, Texas faces off against objective reality with anti-discrimination law 10/20/2015 2:41:59 PM  Jazz Shaw 100 Comments Back in August, the Houston City Council passed themselves a brand new equal rights ordinance. That’s not terribly unusual, but portions of the law drew immediate criticism and demands for a repeal. The case went to the State Supreme Court which More... Biden takes a shot at Hillary: "I don't think my chief enemy is the Republican Party" 10/20/2015 2:01:19 PM  Allahpundit 43 Comments Via Jeff Dunetz, I’d rate this half-true. On the one hand, Biden is reputedly cordial with Republicans and has traditionally been the guy dispatched by Obama to Capitol Hill whenever the White House needs a liaison to Mitch McConnell. On the other More... The latest prediction that the NRA is going to collapse any day now… 10/20/2015 1:21:09 PM  Jazz Shaw 68 Comments Hillary Clinton has staked out her turf on the gun rights issue and clearly identified the NRA as the enemy. (In fact, I believe she listed the organization as one of the “enemies” she was most proud of having made, shortly behind the More... George W. Bush on Ted Cruz: "I just don't like the guy" 10/20/2015 12:41:13 PM  Allahpundit 292 Comments Foolish in so many ways. "I just don't like the guy," Bush said Sunday night, according to conversations with more than half a dozen donors who attended the event… "I was like, 'Holy sh-t, did he just say that?'" the donor said. "I remember looking More... Bernie Sanders: let's turn the Post Office into a bank! 10/20/2015 12:01:54 PM  Taylor Millard 66 Comments Bernie Sanders wants to turn the U.S. Postal Service into a bank so it can put out loans. He told Fusion.net last week how awesome of an idea it’d be because it would fight back against those dirty, rotten payday lenders. Yeah, I think that's a More... Because every website in America is expected to post the new "Star Wars" trailer, here you go 10/20/2015 11:21:43 AM  Allahpundit 183 Comments You’ve already watched it five or six times in the course of your morning surfing. What’s one more? Tell me this. What would a bad “Star Wars” trailer look like? What would have to happen here for people to come away saying More... New White House rules change to flood the market with work cards for immigrants 10/20/2015 10:41:29 AM  Jazz Shaw 91 Comments Looks like the Pen and Phone theory of governance still hasn’t gone out of style. Ian Smith at The Hill has uncovered another “secret memo” coming from the White House that lays out some more improvements to the immigration system which More... This Ted Cruz person certainly is scary Trump shouldn't drop out. Jeb should. The Empire is good. Now more than ever. Why is Biden waiting so long? The Trump poll numbers lie Assad makes surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Putin Do people actually wear pajamas? Should pets have their own bill of rights? Humanity and sanity in space Is the China model better than democracy?