All you need is guts!

All you need is love? Greg Gutfeld suggests all you need is guts! The Five praised Bono for speaking out.

Libya has taken into custody the Manchester bomber's father and brother. Did the terrorist's father send his son to die? The terrorist who made the bomb is still at large!

Is it time for all police in the UK to carry guns?

Do you know who pays their fair share in NATO? Only the US, UK, Poland, Greece and Estonia!

"Putinheads," Utopia University, a leader who has moral courage, and several leaders who don't

Nigel Farage and Mark Steyn lead off the program with a discussion of terrorism. It has been announced that there are 3500 people in Britain being watched as potential terrorists. Belgium is even worse: 12,000 suspected terrorists! Over 400 have returned to Britain after being trained by ISIS in Syria! Britain has only taken action on 40! 850 have gone off to Iraq or Syria to fight for ISIS! Angela Merkel claims that it takes 60 people to monitor each terrorist suspect in Germany. This has been allowed to happen because of fear of being called Islamophobic,

Nigel Farage praised President Trump as a leader who has the moral courage to deal with terrorism, but the same cannot be said about Theresa May in the UK. Trump said in his Saudi Arabia speech, "drive them out from your places of worship!"

30% of UK college students told a survey they are willing to engage in prostitution to pay college loan debt! In the US one porn website claims to have over one thousand college students as members.

Tucker tries to have a conversation with a former DNC adviser named Zach. Three times Zach boasts that Dems can walk and chew gum at the same time." He was trying to make a point, but I have no clue what it might have been. I did detect what I am sure will be the new Dem talking point, maybe even replacing "impeachment!" It is that someone has claimed that 23 million people will no longer be eligible for government health care under the new American Health Care Act. Check it out and see if you don't start hearing this repeated over and over.

Corey Lewandowski was a guest. He talked about the need to charge Obama holdovers with felonies when they leak to the press intel.

In two weeks New York will have a Puerto Rican Day parade. Oscar Lopez Rivera is a terrorist who was quietly pardoned by Obama in his final days as president. He pled guilty to armed robbery and bomb-making. Tucker has a guest who is a New York City Councilman who defended Rivera's violence.

Adam Corolla and Dennis Prager are making a documentary entitled No Safe Spaces! One of the actresses says, "Welcome to Utopia University, where you learn that everything your parents taught you is wrong!"

Taken out?

hat tip Mike Miles

Different results

Mike Miles brings us something "worth remembering."

What good is a Constitution when it is being ignored? We must stop social engineering in our schools...Trump has to fight both political parties

Mark Steyn points out that we have the absurdity of District Court judges legislating immigration policy. At the same time, we have the legislative body explaining why it can't actually do any legislating, but it has a lot of time for pseudo-judicial courtroom hearings.

Trump faces the weird circumstance of having to fight against both political parties. The process is the punishment, as Mark well knows, having to endure endless court battles with Michael Mann, the hockey stick man. Republicans are in office, but not in power. Republicans should be there to assist Trump in governing, not tepidly allowing Democrats to destroy him.

Most countries have both a private and public health care system. At the moment we have neither. We have all the worst aspects of both.

Mark urges us, parents, to push back against the social engineering in our kids' schools. The right was stupid to abandon this field! This is the biggest structural deformity in the American life right now. It has taught two generations to have complete contempt for the most glorious inheritance in the history of the planet."

Critical thinking, terrorists may be misogynists, Obama's CIA Director voted for the Communist Party candidate, Trump and the Saudis

Rush opened the show with a discussion of critical thinking. Rather than teach our students critical thinking, Rush believes our educational institutions are mainly indoctrination centers. The more you know, the more you want to know. If you are thinking critically, you want to see the evidence before you accept what someone is trying to tell you to believe. If not, the critical thinker will be able to refute the argument based on what the thinker already knows to be true. Critical thinkers are curious. They do not blindly accept something they see written down.

Rush brings our attention to the Washington Post, which, because the terrorist in Manchester targeted women and girls, the WaPo believes there might be some misogyny going on with some of these terrorists. No, really!

Did you know that Obama's CIA Director voted for a Communist Party candidate for US President? Check it out!+

Remember when Trump joked, "I hope Russia has those emails Hillary deleted, so we can find out what's in them!" The Left took him seriously. That's how this whole collusion investigation may have begun!

Rush admits that he spends most of his time attacking Leftists, but he also has reservations about some of the things Trump has been doing that are different from his stance during the campaign, especially his close working relationship with the Saudis.

End madrasas, stop Iran, will Fox continue the conservative fight? Truth is worth fighting for, some recommendations for Memorial Day movie-watching

Andrew Klavan opens with a monolog mocking CNN and Andrew Cuomo in particular. Andrew likes what Trump has been saying abroad. End the madrasas, stop Iran.

Andrew makes a controversial assertion: "Fox News is dead!" He is referring to the fact that the Murdoch sons are now running Fox, and they do not seem to want to continue the conservative fight. I hope he is wrong. I think Fox has some real conservative fighters, and I excerpt their shows regularly here.

Andrew does a great job answering listeners emails. He frequently says we are created to be joyful, creative, and courageous. The truth does not die. Freedom and liberty are absolute goods. We were "endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights." That is true. Andrew says "the things I am fighting for never die. They kill them, they bury them, they roll the stone over it. You come back in the morning, and the tomb is empty. The stone has been rolled back. The truth of what is good does not die. It is worth fighting for and standing for. When we do, we are connecting to the eternal!

Andrew ends with a couple of movie recommendations for Memorial Day. Both give different views of PTSD. One is a 1946 movie entitled The Best Years of our Lives. The other is American Sniper. Andrew makes the point that PTSD can also occur when vets return to live "normal lives." When they were fighting, there was camaraderie, intensity, deep meaning. They come back and live "ordinary" lives missing in that intense meaning.

ISIS picking the low-hanging fruit, Obama administration spread MS-13 gang members across the US, media malfeasance

Tucker once again last night devoted most of his show to the terror attack in Manchester. One of his guests was "former Islamist extremist" Maajid Nawaz, who asked, "What kind of world is it in which I have to accept the slaughter of my children at a concert? It is a world of apathy and appeasement." Nawaz also pointed out that there are very few lone wolf terrorists. Up to 80% of terrorists are connected to someone who knew of their radicalization. They have been radicalized for decades because of a spread of an ideology. ISIS just plucked the low-hanging fruit. Nawaz calls it Islamist theocratic extremism.

So should we just carry on as normal? I don't think so!

A new segment of the Tucker Carlson Show is an investigation into how the Obama administration purposely spread MS-13 gang members across the United States.

Joe Concha from The Hill reports on the media. He said last night's reporting was atrocious. Still stuck on trying to find an example of collusion with Russia, outlets like CNN and MSNBC were very late reporting on the terrorism in Manchester. Concha calls it media malfeasance.

Kim DotCom admitted on Saturday that he was part of an operation along with Seth Rich to get stolen DNC emails to Wikileaks.

Jim Hoft reports at Gateway Pundit,

Internet entrepreneur and hacker, Kim DotCom, admitted on Saturday that he was part of an operation along with Seth Rich to get stolen DNC emails to Wikileaks.

Set Rich was shot in the back and killed. He was a DNC staffer.

Read more here.

Soccer season gets under way

The teams line up for the opening kickoff. Being goalie is not easy. These chicks are known to come from behind with beaks ready to peck!

Might it be time for Islam to have a reformation?

Martha MacCallum's The Story is another good new Fox News show. Brad Thor was one of the guests. He pointed out that Christianity has had a reformation. Judaism has had a reformation. Islam has not, and it's long overdue!

Theresa May is no Winston Churchill!

The State Department has over 300,000 employees.
The Agriculture Department has 110,000 employees.

Europe's mistake, the FBI's failure

Fox News has a new show called The Fox News Specialists, who take a look at the items capturing the attention of the news media. Eric Bolling, Katherine Timpf and Eboni K. Williams are the show's mainstays, and two special guests come on each night. Tonight's special guests were Herman Cain (remember him?) and Elvira Salazar.

Herman made the important point that Europe has allowed migrants to avoid assimilation, saying "We don't want the cops in our neighborhoods!" Big, big mistake, Europe. Some communities in America have made the same mistake (Chicago and Baltimore come to mind).

Elvira reports in Florida for Telemundo, I believe. Did you know that the Orlando terrorist went to a gun shop to buy his weapons, but that same shop refused to sell him the body armor he wanted? The shop owner called the FBI to report the incident, but the FBI did not do anything. That would be Jim Comey's FBI?

Who are we? What do we stand for?

Okay, now I am caught up-to-date with Andrew Klavan episodes. He starts out by talking about a group of Islamist men who "can't even look at a woman without becoming disgusted with themselves and their own natural yearnings." Andrew suggests that they should just decree that they themselves are not allowed to go outside without wearing a blindfold, instead of forcing women to hide their beauty under black sacks.

Who are we? What do we stand for? What is it you are trying to express? Why are thrillers almost always about bad guys? Can't good guys be portrayed as flawed, but good, because of what they stand for?

Andrew thinks Trump's response to last night's Manchester terror was right on the money. Trump described terrorist killers as "evil losers!"

Islamists and Leftists have something in common. They have the same enemy. Freedom! Only in freedom can we have a conversation and argue about what we believe. Love is not love unless you choose it. Faith is not faith unless you choose it. Both the Islamists and the Leftists are trying to do the same thing - destroy our freedom to find our way and work our will.

Go here to see and/or hear Episode 318 produced today.

Trump's trip, college commencements and some war movies

Klavan has a lot to say about Trump's trip. He compares it with Obama's 2009 trip to Egypt. Obama's fawning servility: "I'm so, so sorry we built our World Trade Center in the exact spot where devout Muslims were trying to fly their hijacked jets!" The media congratulated Obama for extending the open hand of friendship by saying the Muslims were only trying to live in peace with all mankind, after first slaughtering the parts of mankind they can't live in peace with.

Oh, and one more Klavan observation: we elected the wrong Trump!

Manchester bomber named Salman Abedi. ISIS takes "credit"

Sundance reports at The Conservative Treehouse,

The suicide bomber who detonated a bomb at a Manchester pop concert killing 22 people including young children has been named as 22-year-old Salman Abedi.

According to the UK Daily Mail the bomber was previously known to authorities. He died at the scene and police carried out a controlled explosion at what is believed to be his home during raids around the city today.

(UK Daily Mail) […] Abedi is understood to have been born in Britain but is from a Libyan family. A school friend told MailOnline had grown a beard when he last saw him and neighbours claimed he had been ‘acting strangely’ recently.

A 23-year-old man, believed to be Abedi’s brother, was also arrested by anti-terror officers as police and security services attempt to work out if the suicide bomber was part of a cell.

Security sources have told MailOnline that initial analysis of the ‘sophisticated’ device suggests it was made by an expert.

ISIS have claimed responsibility after the terrorist set off a ball bearing bomb at an Ariana Grande concert, killing 22 and injuring 119 in the worst terror attack Britain has seen since the 7/7 London bombings.

Read more here.

Kindness

Joel Pollak reports for Breitbart,

First Lady Melania Trump has won rave reviews from the foreign press — and even the American press — as she accompanies President Donald Trump on his first foreign trip.

More than her sartorial savvy, however, what was most impressive was the First Lady’s gesture of holding the hand of Israel’s First Lady, Nechama Rivlin, who carries an oxygen tank due to a respiratory illness. The image of the tall Mrs. Trump guiding the congenial but frail Mrs. Rivlin (above) went beyond normal diplomatic protocol and presented an image of kindness.

She also visited the Hadassah Medical Center Ein Kerem later in the day with Sara Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister’s wife. The hospital treats both Jews and Arabs, and features both Jewish and Arab staff.

The First Lady will be moving from New York to Washington, D.C. shortly, after the president’s youngest son, Barron Trump, completes his school year.

Read more here.

Terrorist attack aimed at teenage girls in UK

Sundance reports at The Conservative Treehouse,

♦ Massive explosion at the conclusion of singer Ariana Grade concert in Manchester England. ♦ At least two ‘explosions’. ♦ US officials briefed on the incident say UK officials suspect it was caused by a suicide bomber, NBC News reported. ♦ Police confirm 19 people were killed and at least 50 more were wounded. ♦ Mostly teen girls. ♦

Read more here.

"America is back!"

That was the announcement of the president of Israel.

Nevertheless, we still have people like John McCain, Ben Sasse, Jeff Flake, Democrats, and members of the media rooting for failure on this historic trip by our president.

Trump also reminded the leaders of 54 nations in Riyadh, "We'll be back!"

Eli Lake pointed out to Laura that we now have a leader who does not suffer from Obama's delusions about Iran.

Yes, the Saudis got a lot of military equipment, but Americans got a lot of jobs!

Let us not forget the mass exodus from the Middle East of Christians during the Obama/Kerry years of fecklessness.

Laura paid tribute to Melania Trump, who Laura believes has been a "shining example of grace and graciousness and poise." She has paid a visit to a hospital, a women's forum, and something to do with children, that I have not seen in our media. Where are feminists?

New facts uncovered in Weiner sexting case

At the WhoWhatWhy website today, Matthew Harvey, Michael Dwyer, Jonathan Z. Larsen, and Russ Baker report,

On Friday, former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) accepted a plea deal in a Manhattan courtroom to a charge of “transfer of obscene material to a minor.” WhoWhatWhy has learned that much of what we know about this crime — which played a major role in the outcome of the election — is a lie.

...A WhoWhatWhy investigation has uncovered numerous substantive falsehoods and mischaracterizations — raising doubts about a case that changed the 2016 election and American history:

• The girl was presented in news accounts — and Weiner’s plea deal — as being 15 at the time, that is, under the age of consent in her state. She was not.

• Weiner’s victim and her family were not, as represented, Clinton fans — they actually were strong Trump enthusiasts. Her story was trusted in part because she was characterized as having no axe to grind with Clinton or the Democrats.

• Weiner’s “sexting” partner was not simply a victim. Contrary to tabloid accounts, she initiated the contact with Weiner. And she went out of her way to seek advice from a GOP-associated figure behind prior efforts to harm Weiner and other Democrats.

...Since then, WhoWhatWhy has uncovered new information that shatters the commonly accepted narrative, which was first laid out by the pro-Trump, widely read British tabloid Daily Mail on September 21.

A key break came when, utilizing an array of sophisticated forensic techniques, we uncovered the girl’s true identity. We verified that we had the right person with four individuals close to or connected to her — including her former teacher and her own mother. By identifying the girl, we were then able to learn a great deal about her and her family. And that in turn led to the discovery of the lies.

The young woman has since turned 18, but because she was a minor at the time, we have decided not to publicly identify her.

According to the media accounts of this story and Weiner’s plea deal, the girl “had not attained the age of 16 years.”

However, our research shows that the girl was in fact not “15 and a sophomore” as the Daily Mail reported, when she initiated contact with Weiner. A court record shows that she was just shy of her 17th birthday at the time she approached him.

In addition, her extensive social media footprint provides further evidence. For example, she posted a picture in 2014 on her 15th birthday after having been given a North Carolina learner’s permit.

The lie that she was 15 years old when Weiner sent her obscene material seems clearly designed to produce the maximum public outrage and put Weiner in greater legal jeopardy — and the media-generated uproar may well have compelled the authorities to become involved and seize the computer with Clinton’s emails.

It should be noted that prosecutors, judges and juries view interactions with minors differently, based on the precise age of the minor: 15 is worse than 16, which is worse than 17, the real age of the girl for much of the period during which she interacted with Weiner, and her age when she approached the media.

Under North Carolina law, at 16, she was in fact above the age of consent. Ultimately, this would not matter because Weiner pled guilty to being under the impression that she was only 15, and she was still below the federal age of consent — the standard applicable in the case. Regardless of what he stipulated as part of his plea agreement, among the trove of incriminating messages it published, the Daily Mail provided no evidence that the girl actually told Weiner she was 15, only that she was in high school.

To those primarily focused on Weiner’s illicit behavior with a teenager, these legal definitions may be beside the point. But any lies at all in a matter so crucial — especially ones that have gone unchecked for so long — must be treated as indicative of a larger, politically motivated deception.

Plus, if this “lie,” misrepresentation of fact, or material inaccuracy found its way into a government pleading in what became the United States v. Weiner case, it would have legal consequences. But we may never know, because the way Anthony Weiner’s plea deal is structured inhibits further inquiry by dispensing with the matter while revealing no details about the underlying history.

Issue #2: The victim lied about political loyalties
.
She described herself as a “big fan” of the Clintons. She further stated that she so disliked Trump that if he were elected, she would move to Germany. Thus, she seemed to have no political agenda at all in “outing” Weiner.

However, the girl actually celebrated Trump’s victory on social media. (It should be noted that her various accounts, such as Twitter and Instagram, were set to private after news of Weiner’s plea deal broke. WhoWhatWhy has preserved screenshots of the tweets and Instagram posts in question.)

Her father is a registered Republican. She and her mother tweeted derisively about the Black Lives Matter movement. Her late grandmother was a Tea Party activist. These are not Hillary Clinton fans.

...Incidentally, another falsehood that emanated directly from the original Daily Mail article — that her father is an attorney — found its way into a May 9, 2017, New Yorker piece.

...Beyond the fact that the father is not a lawyer, it may be relevant that he has been arrested numerous times for crimes, including assault by strangulation — according to court records.

Read more here.

Trump at the Western Wall