The Khadr settlement hits US TV

Michelle Rempel with Tucker Carlson:


Brian Lilley with Martha McCallum:

Two against one, both Hillary and the moderator debated against Trump

Debate moderator, Lester Holt, interrupted Donald Trump 41 times and Hillary Clinton just 7 times.  And, Holt not only interrupted Trump, he actively debated with him.  Ezra Levant discusses one good example of that:


Here's Brent Bozell with a summary of the rest of it:

Rush Limbaugh on Donald Trump and Mitt Romney

If you haven't had enough jabber about Donald Trump yet, here's Rush:


and Mitt Romney's response:

The great and not-so-great debates

The not-so-great debate
Last night's Macleans/Rogers leaders' debate was painful to watch. It was a heavily sloped (one against four) playing field with a lone Stephen Harper facing off against three opposition party leaders and a Media Party Trudeau cheerleader, Paul Wells, who "moderated".

Predictably, the Media Party's National Post front page opinion column by another Trudeau cheer leader was headlined: "Billed as a gaffe-prone bumbler, Trudeau surprises with solid performance".
 
Well, at least the "gaffe prone bumbler" part of that sentence is accurate.  Justin has no record to defend, except for his ultra-thin resume, his bumbling, his gaffes, his broken promises, his shameless collection of speaking fees from charities and schools while still an MP.  However, none of that was challenged last night.  If this had been a debate run by, say, Fox News professionals he would have had to answer for all of it.  But, like the NP and Michael Den Tandt, Paul Wells has been a Trudeau cheerleader from day one.  Neither Den Tandt nor Wells has ever exposed any of Trudeau's bumbling and contradictions to daylight for the public to see and assess.  They have instead, to their discredit, consciously covered for him and they continue to do so.

In spite of having to deal with four opponents, Stephen Harper still came out ahead.

"Mad Tom" Mulcair
Oh, and one thing about Tom Mulcair - his smile looked like it had been botox'd in place (though it faded towards the end of the evening).  Together with his wide-eyed stare this gave him a bit of a crazed appearance.  So, he's managed to change his demeanor from "angry Tom" to "mad Tom".

The great debate
After getting tired of wincing during the Canadian leaders' debate, I switched to the Fox News hosted Republican top-ten candidates' debate in Cleveland, Ohio.  Now that was something to behold.  Ten contenders for the Republican nomination on one stage in a two-hour debate, tightly moderated by three exceptionally talented TV journalists.  The moderators pulled no punches in grilling the candidates who in turn gave frank, concise and sometimes funny answers.  Unlike the Canadian debate, there was suspense, there was drama, there was action and there was comedy - it was absolutely fabulous.

The collapsing climate paradigm

Excellent guest post at WUWT by Earth Scientist, David Middleton, where he defines the current climate paradigm, details why it's collapsing and goes on to discuss the logical fallacies underlying the so-called "consensus":

"The paradigm is collapsing primarily due to the fact that the climate appears to be far less sensitive to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations than the so-called scientific consensus had assumed."

... In nearly 40 years as an Earth Scientist (counting college), I have never seen such an obsession with consensus.

... Why is there such an obsession with a 97% consensus?  My guess is that it is to enable [political] demagoguery.

More on consensus.

And speaking of political climate demagoguery:

CIA "torture" report's "pathological sanctimony"

Wall Street Journal editorial writer, Dorothy Rabinowitz:

... [The Senate report] is "as good as any expression of pathological sanctimoniousness that has characterized every attitude towards every effort America has taken to defend itself.

... [It is] rooted to the hostility of the idea that America is anything but a flawed, deeply immoral nation.  You cannot go on the campuses of the United States without hearing this as the general opinion." ...

Praise for Harper's stance on Keystone XL

Bloomberg News reports on Canada's plans to go around Obama on KXL.

Also, this morning on Fox News' "Journal Editorial Report" under "Hits and Misses" Stephen Harper's stance was billed as a "hit".

[h/t sda]

Obama's climate rhetoric "makes flat earthers look like Charles Darwin"

Greg Gutfeld on The Five, hilarious, but true!



Dana Perino: "President Obama today I think did something very wimpy. He went to Georgetown University to give this speech. What would have been really bold would be if he had gone, let's say, to North Dakota or West Virginia, all the places we are expecting to supply us with all the energy we have until the Unicorn dream of Solyndra is realized. ..."

The Libya debacle (and cover-up)

Wall Street Journal:

... Imagine the uproar if, barely a month before Election Day, the Bush Administration had responded to a terrorist strike—on Sept. 11 no less—in this fashion. Obfuscating about what happened. Refusing to acknowledge that clear security warnings were apparently ignored. Then trying to shoot the messengers who bring these inconvenient truths to light in order to talk about anything but a stunning and deadly attack on U.S. sovereign territory.

Four Americans lost their lives in Benghazi in a terrorist attack that evidence suggests should have been anticipated and might have been stopped. Rather than accept responsibility, the Administration has tried to stonewall and blame others. Congress should call hearings to hold someone accountable for this debacle.

But the obfuscation continues.  Heads should roll, starting with Hillary Clinton's, and then, in November, Obama's.

Here's the Libya debacle timeline from Fox News.

Greg Gutfeld on Obama's interview with Letterman