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Anarchy Works!
Post Date: 2016-01-25 05:36:50 by Deckard
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“Anarchy” is one of those words that many people react to emotionally – having been conditioned to do so. The word has become generally synonymous with chaos and disorder. Dog eat dog. As EPautos’ king troll (Clover; see here for more about him) puts it, anarchy means “do whatever the hell you like.” Well, no. Anarchy, strictly defined, means simply the absence of government. It does not mean people won’t – much less can’t – govern themselves. The fact is most people do exactly that. And they do it without government. Already. Do you need government – its threats and laws – to keep you from taking a ...
Rand Paul poised to stage massive upset in Iowa
Post Date: 2016-01-25 04:40:45 by Hondo68
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The Iowa caucuses are just around the corner. But it remains to be seen how they will play out. Caucuses are unpredictable and they require highly coordinated get-out-the-vote-efforts. Because of that, traditional landline polling isn’t the best indicator of likely outcomes. With that said, it is significant that Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are leading the polls, simply because their numbers far surpass those of everyone else running. But while Cruz is viewed as having the best ground game in Iowa, having consolidated support from the evangelical constituency (led by Bob Vander Plaats) and Rep. Steve King, Trump’s ground game is sorely lacking and he is likely to underperform his ...
Katrina Pierson vs Cruz Spokesman: You Focus On Trump’s Positions 15 Years Ago, But 15 Years Ago Cruz Was a Canadian
Post Date: 2016-01-24 16:33:44 by cranky
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The debate focused on if the front-runner was more liberal 15 years ago and if Trump used eminent domain to get a widow out of her home to build a casino parking lot. Partial transcript as follows:BOLLING: “That has been one of the criticisms of going after Donald Trump on eminent domain. Conservatives want the Keystone pipeline. Frankly, that thing couldn’t be built without eminent domain.” TYLER: “Yeah, but we’re not talking about the Keystone pipeline, or highways and bridges. What we’re talking about is a casino parking lot that was for limousines to pull up to the parking lot. And a widow in Atlantic City lost her home over eminent domain which was driven ...
Scott Brown Declines to Rule Out Serving as Trump’s VP (A great honor) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-01-24 11:30:37 by Hondo68
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NASHUA, N.H. – Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) declined to rule out running for vice president with Donald Trump at the First in the Nation Town Hall in New Hampshire on Saturday. Trump recently implied that he would be willing to consider Brown for the position. Asked by TheBlaze if Brown would be willing to run with Trump, he said that it is an “honor” to be considered for a vice presidential nomination, but it is still too “early in the process” to seriously consider the position. Brown, who lost a 2014 bid to represent New Hampshire in the Senate, recently hosted an event for Trump in the state. Brown has also hosted events for other candidates in his ...
Gay Porn Trump Parody Published on Amazon
Post Date: 2016-01-24 04:14:18 by Roscoe
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Elijah Daniel's 21 page Trump Temptation: The Billionaire & The Bellboy has made the top ten "adult" list of humorous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender eBooks on Amazon. Here's a sample: "He moved closer, putting his cold, dead lips on my neck. I shivered with excitement. His hands felt like an old dried out gingerbread house." According to the author, "I wrote this really f***ing drunk and in 4hrs."
GOP Senator: I'd Vote For Bernie Sanders Over Ted Cruz
Post Date: 2016-01-21 17:46:29 by Willie Green
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are confronting an unsettling possibility: Sen. Ted Cruz, their least favorite colleague, stands within reach of becoming the party's presidential nominee and standard-bearer. Worse than that, many GOP lawmakers and aides fear the Texas senator could ruin Republicans' chances of hanging onto control of the Senate in November's elections, alienating voters in a half-dozen key swing states with his hardline stances on issues from immigration to abortion. And yet, these fellow Republicans say they're essentially powerless to stop him. Any attempt to weaken Cruz in his primary campaign against Donald Trump and other GOP candidates risks ...
Sarah Palin’s Bizarre, Rambling Speech Was the Perfect Donald Trump Endorsement
Post Date: 2016-01-21 07:21:07 by Deckard
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The former Alaska governor captured the incoherence that's driving Trump's campaign.Sarah Palin’s bizarre, rambling speech last night endorsing Donald Trump didn’t make much sense (it’s already been described as “post-apocalyptic poetry,” which may not be entirely fair to either poetry or the apocalypse). Here, for example, is a representative passage: A good, heated, and very competitive primary is where we are. And now though, to be lectured that, “Well, you guys are all sounding kind of angry,” is what we’re hearing from the establishment. Doggone right we’re angry! Justifiably so! Yes! You know, they stomp on our neck, and then they ...
The 2016 Elections, Whoopie, Yeah, Whatever...
Post Date: 2016-01-21 05:23:55 by Deckard
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Lots of people out there are getting too attached to the upcoming 2016 Presidential Elections. Hey, guys, guess what? We’ve still got pretty much a year left of the plain-wrap mac-n-cheese of presidents. Well, that’s not fair to say. Plain wrap mac-n-cheese actually delivers what the box says and doesn’t deliver things you didn’t pay for or want. Look, I hate to rain on peoples’ parades, well, actually, no I don’t. Just call me Stormy. But there’s a lot of damage this dude can do in the meantime! How many executive orders can Obama pass in the meantime? Right. To find that out, you’d need to get into some algebraic equation involving the number of ...
Ted Cruz’s Wife Heidi On Task Force Which Wrote “Building A North American Community” Report Aimed At Abolishing America
Post Date: 2016-01-20 17:47:04 by Deckard
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Currently, Ted Cruz is trying to pose as an aw-shucks country lawyer, despite his elite connections. But the problem is that those connections are out there for all to see. And one of the most troubling is his wife Heidi, a Goldman Sachs investment manager who served on the task force which wrote the report on “Building a North American Community,” a direct attack on American independence. It includes a recommendation to build a European Union style abolition of borders between Mexico and the United States. Lay the groundwork for the freer flow of people within North America. The three governments should commit themselves to the long-term goal of ...
Donald Trump: The King of Right-Wing Political Pandering
Post Date: 2016-01-20 15:11:54 by Deckard
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Jerry Falwell, founder of Liberty University and arguably the most powerful political coalition of all time, the Moral Majority would be shaking his head in disbelief had he been still alive and heard Donald Trump refer to "2nd" Corinthians as "Two" Corinthians. Yet that is exactly what Donald Trump did when speaking to the student body Monday at Liberty University. Watch Trump Say "Two" Corinthians Video While watching the video I was waiting for someone in the crowd to scream out "POSER" at the top of their lungs, but unfortunately nobody did. Saying "Two" Corinthians as opposed to the actual name 2nd Corinthians reveals him ...
Ted Cruz: ‘Will Always Be a Big Fan’ of Sarah Palin, Regardless of 2016
Post Date: 2016-01-20 09:37:54 by cranky
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GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared to walk back his campaign spokesman’s earlier comments about Gov. Sarah Palin’s expected endorsement of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump in Ames, Iowa on Tuesday evening. Cruz posted on Twitter: I love @SarahPalinUSA Without her support, I wouldn’t be in the Senate. Regardless of what she does in 2016, I will always be a big fan. — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 19, 2016 Earlier Tuesday morning, Cruz’s spokesman, Rick Tyler, said he thinks endorsing Trump would “be a blow to Sarah Palin” during an appearance on CNN. Tyler said, “Because Sarah Palin has been a champion for the conservative cause, and ...
Rand Paul: Donald Trump Is a ‘Fake Conservative’
Post Date: 2016-01-20 09:23:25 by cranky
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From Burgess Everett writing at Politico:Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says Donald Trump is a “fake conservative,” though he won’t say the same about Trump’s newest backer Sarah Palin. In an interview Monday evening, the Kentucky senator and struggling presidential candidate said his party needs to take a far deeper look at Trump and whether he truly appeals to the GOP’s conservative values. “The question for conservatives is whether Donald Trump is a real conservative or not. I think he’s a fake conservative,” Paul said, adding that he believes Trump was a supporter of President Obama in 2008. “Conservatives have to look closely at Trump’s record ...
If You Support Trump, You May Be an Authoritarian (Also: If You Support Clinton, Rubio, Sanders, Cruz …)
Post Date: 2016-01-20 09:12:05 by Deckard
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He’s hardly alone in wanting to use government force to control others. ReasonReason has not been shy about pointing out Donald Trump's lack of interest in liberty and freedom in what motivates his so-far-extremely-successful campaign for president (check out Damon Root's cover story from our December issue). That Trump would appeal to authoritarians should come as no surprise. His campaign is focused solely on results and seemingly has little interest in legal or moral barriers to the process of getting from point A to point B. So when a piece from Politico over the weekend, written by a Matthew MacWilliams, a political science student studying authoritarianism, with the ...
Sarah Palin’s Fiery Iowa Endorsement of Donald Trump: Let’s Stop ‘Pussyfooting Around,’ ‘Kick ISIS’s Ass,’ Build Border Wall
Post Date: 2016-01-20 08:55:39 by cranky
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AMES, Iowa — 2016 GOP frontrunner billionaire Donald Trump won the coveted endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin—the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee—here at Iowa State University on Tuesday. Palin, who appeared on stage with Trump in the Hansen Agriculture Learning Center, backed Trump for president just 13 days ahead of the all-important Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. The Palin endorsement is about the best endorsement any conservative can get, and has been since the mainstream media tried to politically wipe her out in the 2008 presidential election. Palin has survived, and thrived, and remains a grassroots conservative hero. “Thank you so much. It’s so great ...
Trump at Liberty University: There’s a verse in “Two Corinthians” that really says it all
Post Date: 2016-01-20 05:24:45 by Tooconservative
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A lot of guffawing about this by reporters on social media today. Mollie Hemingway wonders: Who pulled them aside and told them it’s supposed to be “Second Corinthians”? Mildly getting kick out of media, who (at best) give a pitch perfect impression of Biblical illiteracy, mocking Trump for 'Two Corinthians.' — Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 18, 2016 Readers grumble that I’m too negative about Trump so let me pay him a sincere compliment. I admire that he has the stones to go into a place like Liberty and not even make a pretense of being a devout believer. You could dismiss what he said last summer about not being sure if he’s ever asked God for ...
IG: E-mails on Hillary server from highly classified "special access programs"
Post Date: 2016-01-19 17:54:43 by Tooconservative
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Hillary Clinton’s secret e-mail server contained more highly classified information than previously thought, according to a letter from the Inspector General overseeing the material. Fox News got an exclusive look at a letter from Thursday that concludes that “several dozen” e-mails contained classified information ranging from confidential to top secret from “special access programs” — information that should have only been seen by a handful of government officials. There could be no mistaking the nature of this information, or its sensitivity: Fox News exclusively obtained the text of the unclassified letter, sent Jan. 14 from Intelligence Community ...
Cruz Spokesman: Palin Endorsement of Trump a ‘Blow to Sarah Palin’
Post Date: 2016-01-19 10:46:05 by cranky
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In an appearance CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday, Rick Tyler, a spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)’s (R-TX) presidential campaign, reacted to the news of a “major announcement” that includes a “very special guest” at a campaign event for GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump in Ames, IA later in the day and the possibility that guest could be former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee. Big announcement in Ames, Iowa on Tuesday! You will not want to miss this rally! #Trump2016 https://t.co/J2wyAfXdlz pic.twitter.com/lErVfowpMX — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2016 Tyler was asked if Palin were to ...
Obscene wealth [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-01-17 23:06:56 by paraclete
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Most of us would not think of our circumstance as more than adequate while some just don't have what they need but 1% have as much as the other 99% and this has to be seen as obscene. Modern economies focus on the success of the individual ignoring opportunity for the many, but something is out of whack when this results in a small group gaining all the resources. Apparently $1 million will put you in the 1% club so we arn't necessarily speaking of the super rich although the actions of some are obscene like alledged billionaire Clive Palmer who had one of his companies make political contributions to his own political party while trying to convince government that his company was ...
South Carolina: Cruz Hammers TrumpÂ’s Conservative Bona Fides, Judgment
Post Date: 2016-01-17 10:13:42 by cranky
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From Dave Weigel and Katie Zezima in the Washington Post: MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (R-Tex.) continued his rhetorical onslaught against Donald Trump on Saturday, casting him as a false conservative and questioning the real estate mogul’s temperament and judgment. “Donald’s record does not match what he says as a candidate,” Cruz told reporters after a forum in Fort Mill, S.C. “It seems Donald has a lot of nervous energy. For whatever reason, Donald doesn’t react well when he’s going down in the polls.” The remarks are part of an aggressive escalation in a relationship that had been strategically chummy. For months, Cruz had ...
Upset Prediction: Rand Paul’s millennial strategy could actually work
Post Date: 2016-01-16 14:08:35 by Hondo68
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Red Alert Politics Editor Ron Meyer joined Fox and Friends First this morning to discuss who will win Iowa and New Hampshire. While Meyer still gave the edge to Cruz and Trump, he said there could be an upset brewing. “The one thing to watch in Iowa, though, is Rand Paul. He says he has 10,000 students signed up to go to the caucuses. Even if only a half or quarter of that number is true, he’ll get third or fourth — which will really shock some people,” Meyer said. “If he does that, he could still be in this race.” Will Rand Paul’s student-centered strategy work? It could. For the first time in years, Iowa students will actually be on campus during the ...
Trump taunts Cruz over citizenship lawsuit: ‘I told you so’
Post Date: 2016-01-16 12:56:55 by cranky
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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took aim at rival Ted Cruz in a series of Saturday morning tweets, taunting Cruz over challenges to his citizenship and reports that he did not disclose campaign loans.Trump has tried to stoke concerns that Cruz would face legal challenges to his eligibility for president because he was born in Canada. After a Friday lawsuit questioning exactly that, Trump took a victory lap.“Ted Cruz was born in Canada and was a Canadian citizen until 15 months ago. Lawsuits have just been filed with more to follow. I told you so,” he wrote.Ted Cruz was born in Canada and was a Canadian citizen until 15 months ago. Lawsuits have just been filed ...
Trump rents Iowa theater to show Benghazi movie
Post Date: 2016-01-15 10:21:52 by cranky
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Donald Trump has rented space at an Urbandale movie theater and will give Iowans free tickets to a showing of the Benghazi movie that critics of Hillary Clinton have been eagerly awaiting. Donald Trump has rented space at an Urbandale movie theater and will give Iowans free tickets to a showing of the Benghazi movie that critics of Hillary Clinton have been eagerly awaiting. “Mr. Trump would like all Americans to know the truth about what happened at Benghazi,” the GOP presidential candidate’s Iowa co-chair Tana Goertz said Thursday night. Trump will pay for the showing of “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” at 6 p.m. Friday at the Carmike Cobblestone 9 ...
Gary Johnson Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Post Date: 2016-01-14 09:50:50 by Hondo68
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Immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, 2016 Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson issued a response praising Obama's optimism but raising questions about the effectiveness of his policies.Photo credit: Gage Skidmore. After U.S. President Barack Obama gave the final State of the Union address of his presidency on Tuesday, 2016 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson issued a response on his official Tumblr page. Johnson opened his response by praising Obama’s optimistic tone, but cautioned that he takes issue with “basing that optimism on what government has done over the past 7 ...
Chelsea Clinton goes on the attack; Democrats ask why
Post Date: 2016-01-14 09:47:50 by Tooconservative
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Chelsea Clinton is stepping onto the 2016 battlefield against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a shift that some Democrats are interpreting as a sign of trouble for her mother’s presidential campaign. Making her first solo appearance on the stump, Chelsea Clinton late Tuesday ripped Sanders over his proposals on healthcare and college affordability, arguing the White House hopeful wants to “dismantle” ObamaCare and Medicare. Democrats have almost universally panned the attack, believing it to be ineffective and a misuse of her talents. They note that Chelsea Clinton has mostly been used to highlight Hillary Clinton’s softer side as a mother and grandmother and say she ...
Uh oh. Bernie Sanders thinks cops should handle campus rape claims
Post Date: 2016-01-13 07:19:46 by Tooconservative
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Oh you got trouble. Right here in Bernie City. With a capital ‘B’ and that rhymes with ‘C’ and that stands for ‘Cops’ Just when Bernie Sanders was suddenly riding high in the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire he had to go and stick his sensible shoe in his mouth. Sanders came out today and weighed in on the college campus “rape crisis” and dared to say that serious allegations of violent crimes should be handled… *gasp* .. by the police. (The Hill) Bernie Sanders called for all rape accusations on college campuses to be handled through law enforcement, a controversial stance that puts him at odds with many advocates. Decrying rape and sexual ...
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