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Once more we take the plunge … it seems that there was just a plethora of things to read today …
This seems strange ... not that it didn't happen ... but it just doesn't seem probable ... but the Vatican is issuing a neither confirm nor deny statement ... which leaves it open
A defense Hillary's e-mail debacle ... my point being several fold: 1. She has lied about it in various ways, changing her stories at times. Not a behavior I like to see in a president. 2) She showed terrible judgment and didn't follow the rules when she left (Powell did, so that parallel doesn't hold up). Another non-presidential attribute. 3. She really did expose herself and the State Department to cyber attacks ... something we were far more aware of than a decade or so earlier ... so her hubris leaves us wanting better in a presidential choice.
This is true ... but the left will have none of it ... leading from behind is not a good thing to try.
To me, this is a tempest in a teapot that Warren is using to bolster herself in our hyper-critical politically correct world. It is akin to criminalizing dissent
Every death is tragic ... whether or not the state is involved. Not knowing the particulars of this case or its trial history, I have to side with the Surpremes, and say capital punishment was correct. I see capital punishment as punishment of last resort ... which is to say that people who cause others' deaths are to be punished ... not rehabilitated. There are some things that a civil society cannot accept ... and premeditated murder is one of them.
Given what we have seen and heard the chances of this city being retaken probably lies between slim and none.
This is an entirely expectable development ... and if you didn't see it coming ... wake up
Typical ... National Defense? Democrats approve? Oxymoron. It is sad the story focuses on justifying the reasons for the Democrats opposition ... I seem to remember that when the shoe was on the other foot, no such consideration was given to the Republicans.
I think Hillary is about to turn Obamacare (aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) into a greater disaster than it already is ... just to pander to union votes ... this is the problem with democracy ... once special interests realize they can get benefits from the government, they vote for politicians who will give them those benefits.
There are those in the US who would stand at the pier and wave "bye-bye and good riddance" if the UN chose to do this ... but it would not be in the US's best interest.
The sad part about this article is that it ignores the fact that the Russians and the Chinese are not all that het up about giving up their veto-powers either.
In away, this is a priceless response to an absurd demand. Ranks up there with Ridgeway's "Nuts"
To me, this is an abuse of the American judicial system ... and illustrates a certain hubris in some quarters about the power of Americans to change policies in other countries. Of course, we could all stop eating chocolate too.
Thomas Sowell makes an excellent point that the Congressional Republican leadership has done an absolutely horrible job of getting out front and explaining the issues and to stay out there talking.
As much as I agree with the thrust of this article (but for different reasons), I am also resigned to the fact that it is going to happen.
Now this seems, to me, just a little bit out of line for a school to be asking children to answer about things outside of school.
Jumping from perfectly good airplanes is - was and always will be - inherently dangerous. And since paratroopers are human, sometimes mistakes are made and people die. Each death is a tragedy, and it seems the Airborne community is adding just another layer of checks ... which will help ... but won't stop another paratrooper from dying.
IF you can wade through this story (a lot of Arabic names, which always makes it difficult for me to follow), it pays to remember that the objective of both sides remains the same ... death to the infidel ... it is only the approach that is being revised.
Why is the US tactically good but strategically stupid? Hell, if I know, but it really is an American tradition. Most of the time our leaderships don't think strategically but get bogged down in how to fight tactically. It is a good way to lose a lot of good people.
It seems that it is politically incorrect to point out that the US Constitution and Islam's Sharia law are mutually exclusive and point out that there are those in the US who are abusing the Freedom of Religion to advance a particular political religion.
Judicial Watch rides again ... it is amazing the things they turn up
Sometimes policy analysts at the Pentagon get lost thinking that what is there is everywhere. One of the precious advantages of the US military is the people down at the bottom don't always follow the book. They listen for what the mission is, and then they solve the problem.
US Director of National Intelligence says he is skeptical that the Chinese will abide by new cyber accord ... duh ... now why would he think that ... maybe because he knows the Chinese leadership is playing chess while our leadership is playing checkers.
This is an argument why the Chinese can't build a super carrier ... which probably is true ... for now ... but there always are work arounds
And interesting article on what direction some experts seem to think US foreign policy should go ... if we can ever get out of the hole we are falling into now.
This is one solution to building a habitat on Mars
and here is a bunch more ...
You know those Iranians ... they are just hungering for a new start ... and if you believe that .... how about some ocean front property in Utah I have to sell you.
Now, where could these nasty old rockets and launchers come from ... Iran says "not us"
The Haj stampede is going to have things get uglier before it gets better, I suspect.
Well, another case of the pot calling the kettle black. But then again, the PLO and other Palestinian groups never really bought into the Oslo Accords, or they would have accepted the last two or three deals that gave them 95 percent of what they were asking for.
Don't watch or listen to the video, because the on-air airhead says things that are not supported by the text below. But since most people don't want to read ... they will accept her line uncritically.
I dearly love the thrust of this story, which I take it is I am supposed to be upset that there is a filing fee for candidates to appear on the South Carolina Republican Party Primary ballot next year. Sigh. Actually, I think the fee is a good thing, but it also should be the responsibility of the party to conduct the primary and not the state ... so they probably would need the bread to pay the freight ...
I am not sure how to take this story ... I guess getting a college education is not enough ... but then not all student-athletes are on full-ride scholarships. Actually, I have long contended that college athletics, at least at the top levels, should be part of a farm system funded by the major leagues. But that is not going to happen.
Another cop falls ... unfortunately, his assailant was not of his race. I wonder how that is going to play out
Another view on the Palestinian-Israeli situation - from the BBC
This is a rather slanted story ... the headline gives you that warning with the use of the word vigilantes to describe the fighters for the anti-ISIS units.
Not that this is going to stick on Hillary ... but it is, unfortunately, against Nevada law ... in fact it is a felony offense.
This seems to be another example of White House minions using the power of their position to attack opponents and dissenters
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